[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

I can practically hear Cecil reading this in an overly cheerful tone on an episode of Welcome to Nightvale.

[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

They said he didn't have any justification that the ones he set before actually were necessary for national security. He's actually got a possible justification this time, despite how nonsensical it is to use tariffs for this instead of sanctions.

[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Boiling and changing the water removes the psychoactive compounds as well as the ones that keep you on the toilet all day if you've done it correctly (both are water-soluble). At that point it's just a culinary mushroom.

People who are "detoxifying" it to use as a drug bake it at a low temperature which does a poor job of removing any of the toxic or psychoactive compounds so they get a bad high and end up on the toilet half a day (seriously, just order some cube spores or something if IDing good actives is too hard).

[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

There are edible mushrooms which are really hard to ID, but you just don't try to eat those.

Most people don't go after the tasty Sheathed woodtuft (Kuhernomyces mutablis) because the risk of confusing it with the deadly funeral bell (Galerina marginata)

[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've occasionally seen some false chanterelles (Hygrophoropsis sp.) do a pretty good chanterelle impression but they're not toxic, just bland and not well-tolerated.

[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've heard some people use them as cocktail bitters.

[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is very much not the case with mushrooms, most people who've accidentally eaten a deathcap (Amanita phalloides) have reported that they're delicious. Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) which can be detoxified by boiling it and changing the water multiple times, is pretty darn good. I think it's better than the average grisette (the non-toxic Amanita sect. vaginatae spp.).

Ok the other other hand, the destroying angel (Amanita ocreata) is said to taste pretty bad.

For a non-amanita example, I've spit-tested the toxic Agaricus deardorffensis and I thought it tasted pretty good. That one is an odd case though since some people are unaffected by its poison and it's possible that's correlated with not being able to detect the unpleasant sharpie-like odor it's said to have, but I wasn't willing to give myself the shits for science so it remains a mystery.

[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Bidets are cool but y'all need to eat more fiber.

[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

These are pretty sweet.

Nitpicky Mycology rant

The one in the top left looks like they're based off the bloody tooth fungus which as the common name implies, has teeth (little spiny protrusions) on the bottom, not gills. It's also shaped more like a top or funnel rather than having the traditional cap and stem structure.

5/7 needs a new hat.

[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

In the US that's usually a bad deal because you lose employer-sponsored healthcare.

[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

I do because bazzite consistently kernel panics for me roughly every third wake-from-sleep with nothing in the logs.

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