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Mushroom Guides (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

FYI you can actually safely lick all mushrooms that we know off. The bad ones will taste bitter if there's every a confusion between the species. Though if you're really unsure don't risk it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think there are surprisingly few poisonous ones out there, and fewer that could actually kill somebody.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

at least no one ever returning from a forest said a mushroom had killed him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I know, that's like the first thing they teach you at returning school