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It'd be cool if there were mushroom-testing reagent kits, like for MDMA etc. Edit: apparently chemical tests exist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_tests

• Alex3917 11y ago
  It's not needed, it only takes an hour or so to teach a beginner the major genuses that contain poisonous species. In fact for the first year the rule is basically that if it looks like a mushroom then don't eat it.
  • im3w1l 11y ago
    > In fact for the first year the rule is basically that if it looks like a mushroom then don't eat it. Sure, that prevents people from dying. But what about all those mushrooms that people didn't dare pick? Is that not a loss - a loss that could be remedied by such a kit?
    • Alex3917 11y ago
      > Is that not a loss - a loss that could be remedied by such a kit? Not really. Just because something doesn't contain a handful of specific poisons doesn't mean you want to eat it. The vast majority of mushrooms are neither poisonous nor edible.