cut off a little piece, put it in your elbow and wait at least 8h
if all is good, take another little piece, cook it and touch your lips with it, wait a few minutes, put it on your tongue, again wait a few minutes
if all is good, take another little piece, chew it, wait a few minutes
if all is good, eat that little piece, and wait at least 8h
if all is good, eat a bigger piece, wait at least 8h
if all is good it’s probably safe, well, it’s not outright poisonous, but if it has any long term effects or only a certain amount gives bad effects then oh boy (like for example psybiocyn might not be very apparent if you only eat a little bit, chomp down an entire shroom though? hope you cooked it well or you’re going to be in for an impromptu trip that usually lasts ~6-8h)
if at any step you noticed a bad thing happening - don’t eat it
this is a general guide and i’m not a professional so like, don’t blame the internet stranger if something goes wrong.
oh also - it doesn’t work for the destroying angel, you have to memorise how that mf looks exactly and avoid it like hell - because if you eat as much as half a cap that’s where it’ll send you, hell, by melting your organs. there is no antidote and the symptoms can start as late as 24h after digestion. the only way we figured out how to keep those who ate it alive is heavy treatments, filtering their blood (liver and kidneys go first), and transplants. whenever i remember the destroying angel exists, i thank whatever god there may be that i just do not like mushrooms in general
I had heard stories from my parents about people foraging for mushrooms in “the old country” (the Soviet Union), villagers from their province sometimes supplemented dwindling supplies with wild forest mushrooms.
They said they were invited multiple times to go on mushroom hunts but were afraid of traversing the forests after dusk, and they were glad they refused, because one large family served mushroom soup, and the menti (police/milita) found them all dead.
Parents, grandparents, children, an entire family generation wiped out by mushroom soup, all dead in their chairs in the dining room.
I have 60 years worth of morel hunting behind me, yet I still got fooled by a few false morels about 5 years back, and it wasn’t pleasant for a couple of days.
The two are actually very different, so I’m still puzzled about it.
i know it’s a joke but
A: ask a professional first.
still unsure?
smell it, if it smells alright, proceed
cut off a little piece, put it in your elbow and wait at least 8h
if all is good, take another little piece, cook it and touch your lips with it, wait a few minutes, put it on your tongue, again wait a few minutes
if all is good, take another little piece, chew it, wait a few minutes
if all is good, eat that little piece, and wait at least 8h
if all is good, eat a bigger piece, wait at least 8h
if all is good it’s probably safe, well, it’s not outright poisonous, but if it has any long term effects or only a certain amount gives bad effects then oh boy (like for example psybiocyn might not be very apparent if you only eat a little bit, chomp down an entire shroom though? hope you cooked it well or you’re going to be in for an impromptu trip that usually lasts ~6-8h)
if at any step you noticed a bad thing happening - don’t eat it
this is a general guide and i’m not a professional so like, don’t blame the internet stranger if something goes wrong.
oh also - it doesn’t work for the destroying angel, you have to memorise how that mf looks exactly and avoid it like hell - because if you eat as much as half a cap that’s where it’ll send you, hell, by melting your organs. there is no antidote and the symptoms can start as late as 24h after digestion. the only way we figured out how to keep those who ate it alive is heavy treatments, filtering their blood (liver and kidneys go first), and transplants. whenever i remember the destroying angel exists, i thank whatever god there may be that i just do not like mushrooms in general
I was waiting for a line with “it is now too old for safe consumption”
Oh my fucking god
It looks just like the edible white button mushroom
I had heard stories from my parents about people foraging for mushrooms in “the old country” (the Soviet Union), villagers from their province sometimes supplemented dwindling supplies with wild forest mushrooms.
They said they were invited multiple times to go on mushroom hunts but were afraid of traversing the forests after dusk, and they were glad they refused, because one large family served mushroom soup, and the menti (police/milita) found them all dead.
Parents, grandparents, children, an entire family generation wiped out by mushroom soup, all dead in their chairs in the dining room.
Yes… Yes you are…
Great comment.
I have 60 years worth of morel hunting behind me, yet I still got fooled by a few false morels about 5 years back, and it wasn’t pleasant for a couple of days.
The two are actually very different, so I’m still puzzled about it.
That’s a-morel!