Very interesting, informative read about poisonous mushrooms, etc.

[Muse]

Death caps are spreading across North America

I'm not new to mushrooms, have foraged, know better than to eat one I'm not sure of. This fascinating article went way beyond my knowledge in some areas. I'm definitely better educated having read this.

 

[brainhulk]

I love mushrooms on my pizza and burgers

 

[Muse]

I love mushrooms on my pizza and burgers

Very highbrow.

I hardly every buy them anymore. My fave market has a super wide variety, just dozens. It's so rainy now, I could go up in the hills and shag some. Would pull out my copy of Mushrooms Demystified before I'd consider eating any of them, though.

Interesting read the link in the OP. Fungi have been considered their own kingdom since 1968. They have more in common genetically with animals than plants, surprisingly.

 

[lxskllr]

I like mushrooms that make you see things @.@

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Could the article be any more melodramatic? They make it sound like mushrooms are marching through the night, and knifing people in their sleep. The cardinal rule of mushroom hunting is "If you don't know what you're doing, don't".

 

[Chaotic42]

Interesting article, thanks OP. The story about people serving poisonous mushrooms at a cookout was a little freaky. I've always avoided mushrooms outside of the store because the risk simply isn't worth it.

 

[William Gaatjes]

I like chestnut mushrooms the most because they have a very nice flavour to me.
Especially fresh when they have a bite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_bisporus

 

[Thebobo]

Grow your own

 

[KMFJD]

Grow your own

My brothers do actually.....they each grow a couple of thousand pounds a day

 

[Muse]

I like mushrooms that make you see things @.@

edit:
Could the article be any more melodramatic? They make it sound like mushrooms are marching through the night, and knifing people in their sleep. The cardinal rule of mushroom hunting is "If you don't know what you're doing, don't".

I didn't take it that way. Probably because I was already pretty knowledgeable about fungi and the type of people who are fascinated with hunting for species of living organisms.

 

[Muse]

Grow your own

Uh, yeah, but not death caps. Edibles and psychedelics, for sure.

 

[Muse]

My brothers do actually.....they each grow a couple of thousand pounds a day

I'm guessing Agaricus Bisporus? That's the species you find most in supermarkets.

 

[Muse]

Interesting article, thanks OP. The story about people serving poisonous mushrooms at a cookout was a little freaky. I've always avoided mushrooms outside of the store because the risk simply isn't worth it.

As stated, if you don't know what you're doing, avoid eating wild mushrooms. However, the book I mentioned makes it quite possible to be very sure of yourself. Some species are very distinctive and safe, delicious too. Some eminently edible resemble some poisonous species, and the book I cited (Mushrooms Demystified, probably many others) tells you how to distinguish them. Sometimes you really need to get a spore print, note its color.

 

[Iron Woode]

Yeah, I think I am going to do my mushroom hunting at the grocery store.

Last time I got me some crimini mushrooms.

 

[lxskllr]

Yeah, I think I am going to do my mushroom hunting at the grocery store.

Last time I got me some crimini mushrooms.

First time I went to wegmans, I noticed a locked case with black truffles inside. $1k/lb :^O

 

[Chaotic42]

First time I went to wegmans, I noticed a locked case with black truffles inside. $1k/lb :^O

I like a thick slice on my White Castles.

 

[Iron Woode]

First time I went to wegmans, I noticed a locked case with black truffles inside. $1k/lb :^O