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Ha! I just had a very interesting conversation with ChatGPT about a mushroom that I found in my front lawn. I am 99% sure it was an edible oyster mushroom which
by julienchastang 1mo ago
Ha! I just had a very interesting conversation with ChatGPT about a mushroom that I found in my front lawn. I am 99% sure it was an edible oyster mushroom which included analysis the of the size, growing substrate (dead ash tree root which turns out to be a useful identifying characteristic -- I learned a lot about mycology in a short time). Plus I don't use fertilizers, herbicide, pesticides, fungicides (obviously) on my lawn so I think it would have been quite tasty. Did I eat it? Hell, no. But then I got to thinking, would I trust a human to correctly identify it? I am actually not sure I would either. Penalty is just too great for misidentification LLM or not.
- engineer_22 1mo agooysters are pretty safe
- Insanity 1mo agoYes but you need to be sure it is an Oyster Mushroom in the first place.
- engineer_22 29d agoRight, which isn't tough, it's a pretty safe mushroom to forage.
- xandrius 1mo agoGreat stereotypical engineer's response.
- engineer_22 29d agoHow is that?
- Obscurity4340 1mo agoI mean, there's a reason the Old Testament banned them. Blech
- engineer_22 29d ago? Mushrooms.
- Obscurity4340 28d agoHaha no but it should have. I meant oysters and shellfish in general
- Joel_Mckay 1mo agoThis time of year it is common for folks to mistake Dear mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) with the poisonous juvenile invasive Amanita family. Amanita travels everywhere with wood mulch around local gardens, and is practically impossible to get rid of once established. Stay safe, and never believe your own lying eyes when it comes to mycology. Could join a local university hosted public outreach foraging club, as the experts enjoy nothing more that spotting weird looking finds. =3