If you are using an app that gives you a little AI blurb the language/tone it uses makes it sound like there can be no mistake. For some people that's all they need. Last week I saw someone post about how grok had "definitively" ID'd this person's mushroom as Pluteus cervinus from one photo. It was very clearly Hypholoma fasciculare.
magpie
joined 9 months ago
Yeah, I can do all that but I draw the line at larvae, as dumb as that sounds. Irrational fear, but I'm getting better haha
Definitely worth the risk for me, I can't improve my skills let alone ID a mushroom if I don't pick it up and get a good look. If you aren't comfortable with it that's fine but telling people to just not touch mushrooms doesn't help anyone because no one has ever died or become sick from touching a mushroom.
I saw a post from a vet today on one of the ID forums, a dog had eaten a mushroom and was very ill. Preliminary ID was A. phalloides. Absolutely heartbreaking, I'd never get over that.
All mushrooms are safe to handle with bare hands. Sure, if you've spent the whole day groping death caps you might want to rinse off but you really don't need to wash after touching a mushroom. You actually have to ingest to be poisoned. As far as I know, spores are only harmful if the get into the lungs regularly over a prolonged period and that goes for all spores, not just ones from toxic mushrooms.
Tectella patellaris, if I am not mistaken.
I usually don't grow in the summer due to the heat and I'm struggling to get my ass in gear for this winter. I usually have about 4 varieties I grow, blue oysters, pinks, lion's mane and pioppinos.
Found some nice sized olive oysterlings (Sarcomyxa serotina) today in my usual spot. One was about 5 inches across, which is pretty big for us. They are a harbinger of winter for my area so I was hoping I didn't see any. They are tasty though and I always do a big group pick with friends and family so that's always a good time.
I would maybe start saying 'agarics' instead to prevent confusion.