I read it, just don’t agree on the generalization. I think it’s more that there’s a cultural phobia of fungi, and not really that they’re harder to ID safely than plants.
As somebody who forages for both, I can confidently say that you are unfortunately incorrect. Just read up a little bit on the modern history of mycology and you will learn that experts can't even identify one fungi from another without looking at its DNA in many cases.
antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I read it, just don’t agree on the generalization. I think it’s more that there’s a cultural phobia of fungi, and not really that they’re harder to ID safely than plants.
Drusas@kbin.run 2 months ago
As somebody who forages for both, I can confidently say that you are unfortunately incorrect. Just read up a little bit on the modern history of mycology and you will learn that experts can't even identify one fungi from another without looking at its DNA in many cases.