Show HN: Magic Mushroom Map

Post by dfsegoat » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 4:54 PM UTC

a2tech wrote: post #39

anm89 wrote: post #35

As someone who forages mushrooms pretty extensively my advice is not to forage psychedelic mushrooms as a beginner. Most psilocybin mushrooms fall into the colloquial category of "LBMs" (little brown mushrooms) and the advice is almost always not to forage LBMs because there a million of them, they all look alike, and you might not know from region to region what the risk of look a likes are. ' So unless you have a r…

There's a crazy amount of inertia around the 'mushroom foraging is only for experts' idea. I was just telling my mother in law this weekend that in our area there are no killer mushrooms. There are mushrooms that taste very bad, and (in the worst case) will cause stomach upset (vomiting) but nothing that will kill you outright. I was trying to encourage her to try some of the more well known edible wild varieties (wh…

Post by anm89 » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 5:37 PM UTC

lovemenot wrote: post #80

anm89 wrote: post #66

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From the story it doesn't even appear that they attempted an ID until after they were very ill. Back to the car analogy, if someone kills themself driving down the wrong side of the highway we don't all give up on driving because it is unsafe. Yes you can definitely kill yourself foraging mushrooms. It's exceptionally unlikely with even a small bit of precaution and common sense but of course if you disregard all of…

The article is only about prevalence of P. Sem. (Liberty cap). In my experience and in a network of many other people, there are precisely ZERO little brown mushrooms having BOTH a passing resemblance to p. sem. in any conditions (dry/wet or young/old) AND are noxious let alone dangerous. If its your first time, be cautious, take a good book. On a dry day P. Sem. is easier to distinguish from other species that are s…

Post by anm89 » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 5:43 PM UTC

froj wrote: post #78

jamal-kumar wrote: post #72

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I have to say, those are incredibly beautiful specimens. Do you know what species that is off hand?

Could be a neoboletus luridiformis with an unusually slim stem. In any case, I would say the color saturation in this picture is cranked up quite a bit.

Post by anm89 » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 5:47 PM UTC

qmarchi wrote: post #89

pmoriarty wrote: post #87

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"There are mushrooms that taste very bad, and (in the worst case) will cause stomach upset (vomiting) but nothing that will kill you outright." This is false and dangerous misinformation! Mushrooms can certainly kill you, and people have died from eating poisonous mushrooms. Just one example, from the Amanita[1] genus: "Several members of the section Phalloidieae are notable for their toxicity, containing toxins know…

He was noting in his specific locale, where it's entirely possible that there aren't any toxic/poisonous variants.

Post by amanaplanacanal » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 6:56 PM UTC

a2tech wrote: post #39

anm89 wrote: post #35

As someone who forages mushrooms pretty extensively my advice is not to forage psychedelic mushrooms as a beginner. Most psilocybin mushrooms fall into the colloquial category of "LBMs" (little brown mushrooms) and the advice is almost always not to forage LBMs because there a million of them, they all look alike, and you might not know from region to region what the risk of look a likes are. ' So unless you have a r…

There's a crazy amount of inertia around the 'mushroom foraging is only for experts' idea. I was just telling my mother in law this weekend that in our area there are no killer mushrooms. There are mushrooms that taste very bad, and (in the worst case) will cause stomach upset (vomiting) but nothing that will kill you outright. I was trying to encourage her to try some of the more well known edible wild varieties (wh…