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[–] [email protected] 145 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Yeah, I carefully read the description of its distinguishing features, studied the photo, and concluded I have no idea what I'm looking at and how to tell them apart.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I'm really good at spotting differences or inconsistencies, I'm totally lost with mushrooms though, and I go multiple times every Autumn with a woman in her 70's. She is very clear about what we are looking for. She throws out at least half of what I gather.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago

She does that cause she's jealous of how many you pick

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

Cool, I think you just saved me a bit of time.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

with a woman in her 70's

Do these conditions have anything to do with a person's ability to identify mushrooms

[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Very likely. Experience is a thing

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago

If she's that old and likes to forage there's only so many bad mushrooms you can eat

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Also, women tend to have better natural color distinction, they more prominently have a genetic mutation that adds a 4th color cone.

Additionally men are significantly more likely to have some form of colorblindness.

Age also can have an effect on your perception of the world as well as the objective quality of your vision.

Finally, describing the subject of the sentence is normal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I didn't know most of that, cool

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

Well, she's not dead yet so that's a good sign.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

If someone goes mushroom gathering multiple times a year, getting to live until 70 speaks volumes about her ability.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Simple, just eat it and see.
If you're dead, it's poisonous.
If you are alive, you haven't eaten enough.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

This.

I'll just trust the dealer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Mushroom lesson I did says that looking under the cap, spore color, what tree root system it’s growing in, can give you a really solid ID