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TIL it's estimated that out of the 100,000 or more species of mushrooms worldwide, just over 100 are toxic. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

There was an old dual survival bit about how to eat things if you don't know what they are. They took a sample and first rubbed it on their skin and waited. Then on their lips and wait again. Then they took a very small bite and again waited. The point was that if you feel numbness or tingling or bad vibes at any point you should probably find something else to try. Also I'm pretty sure they had the boilerplate "if it's a mushroom and you don't know what it is, don't even try". Dave the dead Neanderthal died for all of us homos and don't u forget it.