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In this post: some very confident sounding people with very, very bad ideas about how toxic mushrooms work.
Please don't pick and eat mushrooms in the wild unless you've had actual experienced people teach and train you.
Here are some facts you need to know:
You cannot cook fungus toxins out. They are not potatoes.
Every "obviously" safe mushroom has at least one species of look-alike that can be dangerous. You need more knowledge than a single picture in a field guide.
You cannot taste mushroom toxins, they taste just like any other mushroom.
A poisonous mushroom doesn't kill you fast, it takes days or weeks for the toxins to work on your organs. These toxins can exist in a spectrum from "mild stomach ache" to "you're doomed without several new organs very soon." depending on what you ate and how much.
Knowing how to identify safe mushrooms is not an identity, don't act like people are stupid if they can't tell as easily. There are a lot of people who don't know how much they don't know.
I appreciate the intent here, but overall, I don't think it helps with the specific phrasing here.
Some mushrooms contain toxins, in fact, depending on what specific mushroom and what specific toxin it contains it can be cooked out in some cases. In fact, it is common practice to not cover wild mushrooms while cooking as the process of cooking them allows them to evaporate and leave during the process of cooking.
Some mushrooms are differentiated based on 'tasting' a small bit of it--in certain safe cases. But this is part of investigating and trying to find out what you are dealing with. This is one or the practices used to differentiate mushrooms taxonomically--again in some specific and known cases.
Saying "You cannot taste mushroom toxins" and that "they taste just like any other mushroom" assumes you have tasted every mushroom and have some sense of what that might taste like--it's not something that can be taken seriously.
What damage is done when you injest a 'poisonous mushroom' depends on the toxin and the amount, it is utterly dependent on what specific toxin is involved, how much was injested and the specifics of the person who has injested it. Even choice edible mushrooms may cause gastrointestinal distress to somebody who has an innate allergy or is predisposed to such sensitivity. Some mushrooms contain componensts that don't mix well with alcohol for instance--so the entirety of the meal eaten in the evening should be taken into account when preparing wild edible mushrooms.
In the case of the "Death Cap" mushroom, the consequences are well known, severe and devastating. No need to make the toxicity somehow mysterious or exotic--it's well understood.
Again, if you are curious and want to understand more start here: https://namyco.org/
No need to continue spreading vague terminology or half-reasoned guesses.
You aren't really providing the helpful exchange you think you are here, and you are literally personifying that final point I made there.
At this point I'm willing to admit that this applies to the both of us!
No, I kept it simple and gave broad, easy to digest guidelines for staying safe if you're a casual browser who doesn't know a lot. It was a well-received comment according to votes. Your comment came off contentious and pedantic and was not as well received. This is about communication not textbooks.
Yeah, you wouldn't want to be pedantic when death is on the line.
Nobody is going to learn everything they need to be safe from making mistakes in mushroom collecting on a fucking Lemmy post. So I kept my pointers broad and applicable to a large swath of people and situations. My margin is towards safety.
I sure as shit ain't going to tell people "No no, you really can tell poison mushrooms apart by taste" like some people here are insisting. This isn't a place for exploring nuance.
I'm not saying that you should give better advice. Just don't shit on other people for providing some nuance.
I gave safety instructions passed on to me by a mycologist, he shat on my message for not being detailed and nuanced enough, when people have already died from eating wild mushrooms. It's not a place to debate fine details if people aren't knowledgeable and experienced.
I didn't shit on his message, he (or your alt, whichever is going on here) shit on mine, and proved my last point, which is i've done this rodeo before and there's always some nut obsessed with "getting the details and science perfect from a hobbyist perspective" which just confuses people who might be curious to try but don't know the details and facts to stay safe.
Nobody has a problem with you giving the only advice on this subject that you are qualified to give. No one thinks you should say more on the subject at all. Just because you aren't qualified to expand on what has been said doesn't mean that you are justified in shutting down further discussion or should be immune to criticism.