this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2024
473 points (97.4% liked)
solarpunk memes
2784 readers
360 users here now
For when you need a laugh!
The definition of a "meme" here is intentionally pretty loose. Images, screenshots, and the like are welcome!
But, keep it lighthearted and/or within our server's ideals.
Posts and comments that are hateful, trolling, inciting, and/or overly negative will be removed at the moderators' discretion.
Please follow all slrpnk.net rules and community guidelines
Have fun!
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Yeah it's really important to know which mushrooms grow in your area. Then you know which mushrooms to avoid, and which have look alikes. Also just use mushroomexpert.com if you're unsure
You would be better using a local field guide
Mushroom expert is updated much more frequently. Local field guides are good for getting a general idea of what you're looking for out there. But if you want to know exactly what you've found, running through the whole process on mushroom expert will give you a positive ID. The local mushroom hunters I learned from told me to not trust books as they are almost always out of date in some way.
I guess using two good sources is good. If you get different results you can just not trust that ID
The danger of using a universal guide is it opens more confusion. The death cap in my earlier comment is an example, a Chinese guide will tell you a mushroom that looks like that is good; an Australian guide will tell you it's deadly
For a differentiation of the two you need to check in more detail, but if you had the local you'd be fine as there's no safe mushroom that looks like that here and no dangerous one that lives there
With a smaller set identification is easier