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For those who don't know, the death cap (Amanita phalloides) is one of five mushrooms, along with four Amanita species known colloquially as destroying angels, that I refer to collectively as the "deadly Amanitas". They all contain amatoxins that cause massive cell death in your liver within a few hours of consuming them, and half a cap can kill a healthy adult. There's no reliable cure, and all that can be offered is supportive care in the hopes you don't end up needing a liver transplant or simply dying.
This is why I bang the drum of identification so hard in my foraging classes. It is NOT enough to just look at a bunch of photos of mushrooms; you HAVE to be able to carry out a detailed observation of the physical characteristics of a mystery mushroom and then be able to use your observations in conjunction with LOTS of tools (not just one app or one field guide) to arrive at a positive I.D. You don't need to be a scientist to do this; you just need patience, critical thinking skills, and lots of practice.
I also want to emphasize, once again, that you should never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever use an ID app as your only tool, even if it's a really solid one like iNaturalist. Apps can be wrong more than occasionally, and I treat iNat as a way to get some suggested species to look into that might match my mystery mushroom, not the end point of identification.
There's no minimum number of field guides you should use, either; I've heard the assertion that if three field guides agree it must be right, but what if there's been new information that's come out since they were published? Apps, field guides, websites, blogs, journal articles, online foraging groups, other foragers in-person, classes--these are all the many resources available to you, and if you are relying on only one, you're much more likely to end up with a dangerous misidentification.
I see my job as a foraging instructor as doing my very best to make sure you don't end up as yet another cautionary tale, not just show you a bunch of pretty pictures. We have multiple examples of people who, for example, misidentified a poisonous mushroom with an app and ended up seriously regretting it. We don't know the whole story here, but it wouldn't surprise me if that's what occurred in this instance.
Be careful, be thorough, and when in doubt, throw it out. You can also contact me any time if you want my opinion on the ID of a particular mushroom--but DO NOT take my word as your only source!
#foraging#mushroom#mushrooms#fungus#fungi#mushroom poisoning#death#death mention#mushroom foraging#mushroom hunting#death caps#nature#nature identification
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I love a sleep deprived mess. Read graveyard shift by m l rio
#fanart#art#digital art#tuck#graveyard shift#graveyard shift book#m l rio#book fanart#spooky reads#fall reads#馃#kyle gallner#i just like his face#death caps#graveyard shift novella#artists on tumblr#m.l. rio#horror#horror books#the scoobies#scoobydoo vibes
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This mushroom will kill you before you know what鈥檚 happening - Michael Beug
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Muerte en la Playa (1991) // dir. Enrique G贸mez Vadillo
#Andr茅s Bonfiglio#Muerte en la Playa#Death on the Beach#Enrique G贸mez Vadillo#my caps#my edits#*deathonthebeach
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#The Duke of Death and his Black Maid#chapter 141.5#cat#manga#manga cap#my edits#monochrome#mangacap#manga panel#popular#1k
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#death note#tsugumi ooba#takeshi obata#shounen#light yagami#misa amane#ryuk#ryuk death note#rem#rem death note#manga#mangacap#manga cap#manga panel#manga screencap#manga aesthetic#animanga#anime and manga#monochrome
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rip vaati's jordans
#crease his jordans#punishment worse than death#link tloz#link#minish cap link#ezlo#ezlo tloz#tloz#tloz link#mc link#the legend of zelda#minish cap#the minish cap
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@spadillelicious i love your au so much
also i couldnt stop laughing at them skating across the screen so have this gif:
speedpaint under cut~
#sun dragging the y/n onto to skating rink with an innocent smile lesgooooo#also i love love love ur designs; the colors are just so fun#also ive realised that i refuse to draw a y/n without a cap. they have to have one. its surgically infused to their head. im sorry#love death and rollerskates#dca x reader#sundrop#fnaf sun#fnaf dca#fnaf daycare attendant#daycare attendant#dca fandom#fnaf sb#fnaf security breach#my art
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Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977) dir. George Barry
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Robert Redford as Mr. Death in The Twilight Zone 3.16 Nothing in the Dark
#well when he says it ...#robert redford#the twilight zone#nothing in the dark#mr death#tv caps#post#idk who to tag#usermichi#? :)
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feels like i just got shot in the heart AHHHH SMILEY POLITE CAT LANDO STRIKES ONCE AGAIN
#lando norris#f1#formula 1#ln4#mclaren#dutch gp 2024#his dimples will be the death of me#live laugh love his smile#CURLS PEEKING THROUGH THE CAP
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Muerte en la Playa (1991) // dir. Enrique G贸mez Vadillo
#Andr茅s Bonfiglio#Muerte en la Playa#Death on the Beach#Enrique G贸mez Vadillo#my caps#my edits#*deathonthebeach
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These panels will never stop crushing me
Choso, the eldest brother who, in every single second of his life, only thinks about his little brothers and nothing else.
#in every goddamn waking moment and even when he's still a cursed object *sob*#best onii-chan#choso#chousou#yuji itadori#itadori yuji#jjk choso#jjk itadori#eso#kechizu#kusouzu kyoudai#death paintings#this is why i love him so much#jujutsu kaisen#jjk spoilers#manga cap#choso x reader#choso x you#itadori yuuji#choso x y/n
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