#mushroom information

[cryptic-mushrooms-of-the-woods]

The Deceiver (a pretty cool name for a mushroom in my opinion)

Also known as the Laccaria Laccata

A common woodland species often occurring in large troops (groups). The cap is flat or "slightly depressed", pinky-brown, drying paler. It has a granular central region and a striated edge when moist. The gills are flesh-coloured adnate to slightly decurrent, thick and widely spaced. The stem is thin, fibrous and often flattened.

It is edible. However, it is lacking in flavour.

Similar species/ it is closely related to: L. Proxima and L. Bicolor

[rebeccathenaturalist]

So you may have seen my posts about AI foraging guides, or watched the mini-class I have up on YouTube on what I found inside of them. Apparently the intersection of AI and foraging has gotten even worse, with a chatbot that joined a mushroom foraging groups on Facebook only to immediately suggest ways people could cook a toxic species:

First, and most concerningly, this once again reinforces how much we should NOT be trusting AI to tell us what mushrooms are safe to eat. While they can compile information that's fed to them and regurgitate it in somewhat orderly manners, this is not the same as a living human being who has critical thinking skills to determine the veracity of a given piece of information, or physical senses to examine a mushroom, or the ability to directly experience the act of foraging. These skills and experiences are absolutely crucial to being a reliable forager, particularly one who may be passing on information to others.

We already have enough trouble with inaccurate info in the foraging community, and trying to ride herd on both the misinformed and the bad actors. This AI was presented as the first chat option for any group member seeking answers, which is just going to make things tougher for those wanting to keep people from accidentally poisoning themselves. Moreover, chatbots like this one routinely are trained on and grab information from copyrighted sources, but do not give credit to the original authors. Anyone who's ever written a junior-high level essay knows that you have to cite your sources even if you rewrite the information; otherwise it's just plagiarism.

Fungi Friend is yet one more example of how generative AI has been anything but a positive development on multiple levels.

[butchmammon]

solomon gives huge drug dealer vibes if I’m being completely honest

[doctor-vertigo]

Dammit I’m at it again, but with my newest fixation this time

[cringeplaguerat]

Rades transferred Patry's soul into a new body that didn't actually belong to him. Does that mean he can transfer souls into any living object?

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[iamthepulta]

i did it u_u

[tiredqueermushroom]

Dorian Storm they could never make me hate you!

[cryptic-mushrooms-of-the-woods]

The parasol (macrolepiota procera)

When young, it is shaped like an egg on a stick but the mature cap is flat, apart from a raised, dark-brown central region that is surrounded bu rings of flat brown scales on a cream background. It has dry, creamy-white gills. The long, hollow stem tapers from a swollen base and bears faint snake-like markings below the movable double ring.

Edible: excellent nutty taste. Discard stem and fry the cap whole, coated in breadcrumbs.

[dkettchen]

[jils-things]

SHES GETTING A REAL REVISION NOW BABYYYYY

i realized i didnt need to redesign her whole dress - i found myself attached to it so i kept it and changed smaller details :3

[songder-bot]

Further into the tangle, the Sun-Kissed Polymath calls you over, a drink in his hand. "Real stuff, from the Surface," he says, pouring you a glass. "None of your mushroom swill. I'm planning on going back up, one day soon." He grins. "The information I've sent back up should buy me a nice villa at home."

And where is home, exactly?

[chiity]

If only reincarnation existed...

I could be such a great mushroom.

[faemytho]

you guys have no idea about the lore i made up for this asshole

[smellslikebot]

well I ruled out any poisonous species and decided to have a very small Taste of foraged mushroom. as usual, if i suddenly stop posting, i got owned by some mushroom. Sad!

[moodycarcass]

I need to seek proper medical care bc my depression has gotten significantly worse but finding a primary care physician in the godless swamp of north Carolina that isn't the stupidest fucking moron to walk this goddamn earth is literally impossible

[cryptic-mushrooms-of-the-woods]

Earthy powder cap (cystoderma amianthinum)

Similar to the small lepiotas, e.g. stinking dapperling, but with gills attached to the stem. The thin-fleshed, ochre-yellow cap has a granular surface and a shaggy edge. It has adnate, creamy-white gills. The slender, cap-coloured stem is unusual in that the lower region (below the shaggy, often incomplete ring) is covered with tiny scales. It has an earthy smell.

Inedible - not worthwhile.