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Just go after a specific kind of mushroom and one that doesn’t have any close lookalikes and it’s very easy to safely pick mushrooms. Next level up from picking
by alkonaut 4y ago
Just go after a specific kind of mushroom and one that doesn’t have any close lookalikes and it’s very easy to safely pick mushrooms. Next level up from picking a single one is to pick a few known kinds which all have distinct features that can’t be confused with others.
I pick only boletus, chanterellus (which has a bad lookalike in North America but it’s not really that close and where I am in Europe there is no really poisonous lookalike at all). Even easier late in autumn when you can pick various cratherellus and there are almost no other mushrooms at all.
- methyl 4y agoThere is a lookalike for chanterellus in Europe: Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophoropsis_aurantiaca https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophoropsis_aurantiaca
- peer2pay 4y agoYes, but this one is fairly easily distinguished and will also not harm you unless consumed in great quantities.
- alkonaut 4y agoYes, but not one I worry about. It’s both not known to be very poisonous (it’s surely eaten quite a lot) and it’s very easily distinguished from the real thing.