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Is this a real thing? I can’t tell if you are joking or not.

Alex3917 5y ago
100% a real thing. I haven't heard of anyone actually getting into an accident due to looking for mushrooms while driving, or at least admitting to it, probably in part because it's a hobby that people don't usually take up until they're well out of their most accident prone years. But I know a lot of people who have paid extra for lane assist and automatic emergency braking. There is even a whole subset of mushrooms called the 55-mile-per-hour-mushrooms, so called because they're especially easy to identify while driving at highway speeds. Here is an old post referencing this: http://mpb.ou.edu/ben/ben416.html http://mpb.ou.edu/ben/ben416.html
- CydeWeys 5y ago
  This has all got to be a joke.
  - bingidingi 5y ago
    It's a little eccentric, but it's not all that different from geocaching. Plus, free food! I've also dumpster dived a little bit (decent amount of crossover between foragers and dumpster divers), grocery stores toss out tons of food that's still perfectly good.
    - addingnumbers 5y ago
      Geo-noshing?
      - Alex3917 5y ago
        I prefer the term eatercising.
- Seattle3503 5y ago
  Makes sense, you can cover a lot of ground at 55 mph.
- Biganon 5y ago
  Note that this article mentions Agaricus augustus as an edible mushroom, even though it is now known to have carcinogenic properties
ashtonkem 5y ago
Mushroom hunters are a bit notorious for being single minded about their hobby. One of the more popular books on the subject contains a reproduction of an actual event where the author ran off during the intermission of an orchestra that he was playing in to go hunt for mushrooms. https://m.imgur.com/6Yv41 https://m.imgur.com/6Yv41
- bxji 5y ago
  Funny enough, the model for the cover photo was actually a professor of computer science at my university (recently retired, I believe). I'm a bit surprised that this pocket guide is well-known in the mushroom hunting community.

100% a real thing. I haven't heard of anyone actually getting into an accident due to looking for mushrooms while driving, or at least admitting to it, probably in part because it's a hobby that people don't usually take up until they're well out of their most accident prone years. But I know a lot of people who have paid extra for lane assist and automatic emergency braking. There is even a whole subset of mushrooms called the 55-mile-per-hour-mushrooms, so called because they're especially easy to identify while driving at highway speeds. Here is an old post referencing this: http://mpb.ou.edu/ben/ben416.html http://mpb.ou.edu/ben/ben416.html

CydeWeys 5y ago
This has all got to be a joke.
- bingidingi 5y ago
  It's a little eccentric, but it's not all that different from geocaching. Plus, free food! I've also dumpster dived a little bit (decent amount of crossover between foragers and dumpster divers), grocery stores toss out tons of food that's still perfectly good.
  - addingnumbers 5y ago
    Geo-noshing?
    - Alex3917 5y ago
      I prefer the term eatercising.
Seattle3503 5y ago
Makes sense, you can cover a lot of ground at 55 mph.
Biganon 5y ago
Note that this article mentions Agaricus augustus as an edible mushroom, even though it is now known to have carcinogenic properties

ashtonkem 5y ago

Mushroom hunters are a bit notorious for being single minded about their hobby. One of the more popular books on the subject contains a reproduction of an actual event where the author ran off during the intermission of an orchestra that he was playing in to go hunt for mushrooms. https://m.imgur.com/6Yv41 https://m.imgur.com/6Yv41

bxji 5y ago
Funny enough, the model for the cover photo was actually a professor of computer science at my university (recently retired, I believe). I'm a bit surprised that this pocket guide is well-known in the mushroom hunting community.