rayyyy@kbin.socialtoTechnology@beehaw.org•‘Life or Death:’ AI-Generated Mushroom Foraging Books Are All Over Amazon
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1 year agoThis is my experience so don’t rely on it: Most mushrooms won’t kill you but some will make you so sick that you wished you died. Even a small bite of the deadly Destroying Angle will most likely not kill you. Only eat a very small amount of a new-to-you mushroom because even safe ones may trigger a fatal allergic reaction, also “safe” Morel mushrooms have killed people who really, really over consumed them.
Get a real “National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms”, book and download the “Seek” app for your phone. Find a person who experienced and go slow. NEVER get careless or over confident.
Also, there are old mushroom hunters and bold mushroom hunters, but no old, bold mushroom hunters.