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I tolerate mushrooms on food from restaurants but I would never just eat one from the wild unless I was extremely desperate, the risk/reward is just insane.
I was you two years ago. Then I took a photo of a strange mushroom and posted it online, only to be told it was a choice lions mane and an incredibly valuable and delicious find. Cue four hours consuming all the resources I could to make sure this thing wouldn't kill me, before eating the tiniest nibble and waiting 24 hours. Yep, it was delicious alright, and because I survived the night, I ate more. I fried it in garlic butter and threw it in soups, I dehydrated it and used it as a thickener. I found more and ate more. Then I learned about chicken of the woods - very distinct with no dangerous lookalikes. Another delicious experience. And so I bought some books. And went on more hikes. Turns out, what I had thought of as danger was just lack of knowledge. I know not to walk in front of a moving car, despite them being all around. Learn what not to eat, learn the ones that can be confused, learn the ones you can't really fuck up IDing, and it's not as scary as it seems.
I mean I don’t really spend much time outside or cook in general, like even ignoring the risk part I wouldn’t cook random stuff I find.
I would never eat one even if I were extremely desperate, unless I had a mushroom identification book with me.
I find this take ridiculous, there are poisonous fruits and vegetables would you never eat an apple just because there are poisonous fruits out there?
I mean, I'm not going to pluck a random red berry of a bush and eat it.
But you would eat a blueberry right? And that's my point. No one eats a random mushroom from the ground but to say I will not eat any mushroom at all because there is too much risk it a crazy take.
I wouldn't trust a wild blueberry too much ngl.
I mean are there fruits that will kill me if I eat one that look like apples? And generally I wouldn’t eat any random fruit I found in the wild either unless I really had to.
Yes, there are, they are called Manchineel. But that's beside the point.
You can pick mushrooms your whole life and never be in any risk, you stick to the beginner friendly species and I would bet you need to be drunk and/or legally blind to make a mistake.
Best way to learn is to tag along with a seasoned mushroom picker and just go with the easier ones that don't have deathly look-alikes.
Mushrooms are delicious as all hell. Golden chanterelle for example is damn good and easy to recognize.
They could be the best tasting thing in the world and it wouldn’t be worth it
You can trip, fall and die just walking to the bathroom. But more chanterelle for me then heh
Yeah if I don’t shit I’ll also die though lol. More power to you if that’s what you enjoy though
You don't have to shit in the bathroom though. But we all do our own risk/benefit assessment and it can be very different in different places. Here in Finland it's easy to pick good mushrooms and it's a common pastime, I think that's not the case everywhere.