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[–] ekZepp 180 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Dasus 67 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Featured there is Amanita Muscaria, which isn't really that poisonous. White Amanitas are lethal, never touch those, but with Muscaria you could have some fun.

Some even theorise that the reason Santa is red and white comes from Amanitas, basically a siberian shaman got fucked up on shrooms and climbed down the middle pole of the tent to give everyone else shrooms as well. Which is why Santa comes from the chimney and gives colorful presents. :) (Or so some people have theorised, I'm not asserting it as fact lol.)

edit and also reindeer love chomping on amanitas, and amanitas are associated with feelings of "flying". and the way these people would get high is that the shaman would eat a lot of shrooms, then after he got high he'd piss in a bowl and that piss would get people really high.)

[–] CitizenKong 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I call bullshit on that one. Santa is red and white because Coca Cola drabbed him in their colors for a marketing campaign and it catched on. Before that Santa was usually portrayed in white and green.

[–] Dasus 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Coke may have (re)popularised them, but they didn't originate them, so the Siberian shroom santa is still technically possible if not plausible.

Although it may seem a fortunate coincidence, the use of red and white colours for Santa's outfit was not a homage to Coca-Cola's brand colours, but rather was inspired by the Bishop's mitre clothing which may have been worn by the real St Nicholas

https://www.citma.org.uk/resources/the-story-of-santa-and-coca-cola-blog.html

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[–] TexasDrunk 36 points 2 months ago

White Amanitas are lethal, never touch those, but with Muscaria you could have some fun.

These are my favorites because of their common name. Destroying Angel.

Fun fact: the survival rate without treatment is about half, but that goes up to ~90% if you get treated quickly. However, it can still destroy your liver. The toxin is thermostable so cooking doesn't break it down. It is excreted in urine so a lot of the treatment consists of pumping you full of fluids and making you pee a lot. There is no actual antidote to the toxin.

[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Few weeks ago I read up on A. Muscaria, picked up a couple in a local forest, decarboxydized them in an oven and drank tea with 4g of (poorly) dried mushroom. 3 days before sleep.

Holy mother of fungi, it's like having an antidepressant that, you know, works. Deep sleep duration increased from 10 to 19%. Walking up in the morning felt normal. Weed consumption dropped roughly by half.

Only after three evenings, effects are felt four days after, although waining.

I'm just a noise on the Internet, my words are worth nothing. But read up on the mushroom, it's definitely something different from what people think it is.

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[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 71 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Now I want him to teach me about mushrooms.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 16 points 2 months ago

I'm also curious as to what the symbiotic relationship with the genus Mustelidae is

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 67 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Also, you cannot kill them in a way that matters

[–] ignotum 46 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."

  • mushrooms
[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's over, I have the low ground

  • mushroom
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[–] Agent641 36 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Break mycelium in half, now is just two mycelium. Mycelium win every time.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] hoch 17 points 2 months ago

Why not ourcelium, comrade

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[–] Anticorp 12 points 2 months ago

Burning them seems to kill them. As does fungicide.

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[–] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 60 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anyone knows what that allergic reaction thing references? Sounds interesting

[–] bahbah23 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 months ago

You don’t teach about mushrooms, you get the mushrooms to teach you.

taps head

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 35 points 2 months ago

But we know what they are - they’re mushrooms.

[–] Anticorp 30 points 2 months ago

But he did just teach us about mushrooms!

[–] newenlightened 29 points 2 months ago

eat psychedelic mushrooms, kids. they're good for ya!

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)
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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ever since watching the latest season of Clarkson’s Farm, I can’t help but hear him say ‘space penises’ any time I read the word mishrooms..

[–] stevegiblets 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hah yes what a wacky role model that man is. What a lovely avuncular figure in all of our lives. What a boon to mankind.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are we really calling that racist homophobe who rails against road safety and assaults people a "role model" of any sort?

[–] stevegiblets 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Oh sorry I thought the sarcasm was obvious. He is a wretched man and I hope he dies soon in tremendous pain

The fun part is the sort of people who do like him will upvote my comment because they are stupid.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

What's an immortal mushroom look like? And how does it, like... Work?

[–] superkret@feddit.org 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A web of mycelium that permeates the ground and constantly regenerates itself, occasionally producing visible fruiting bodies.
It's "immortal" only in the sense that an organism with distinct genetics doesn't die of old age, but fungi aren't really individual organisms like we are.

[–] Anticorp 12 points 2 months ago (6 children)

They're more like the Zerg than the Terran, or Protoss, that's for sure.

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[–] user134450@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago
[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isn't there a conspiracy theories that the shrooms are a hive mind secretly guiding humanity's evolution into godhood?

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