>>1145588>so if edibility is unknown or not well described (unpopular) it is common practice to just assume it is also poisonous.True, what called my attention to this case in specific to recall it now is that this species is actually used, once dried and powdered, to season dishes due to its anise smell and flavor. Don't remember where I read it but apparently it contains some carcinogenic substance(s), but who knows if it's even a high enough quantity to even matter. Might check that again if they ever come by again. A similar species, C. Fragrans has the same odor and is toxic also in my web guide so that might be a reason to be careful.
>With that info, you can get most common genuses worked out.I figured with them I'd be able to get the genus right sometimes and not much more. Specially with genuses that have more than a hundred species and more, even though I already struggle with these in the big ones like the russulas because of their huge numbers. I can recognize that genus at a glance, the long gills suspended with a very slim skin, very fragile and almost no meat, but if I am to guess which of the more than a hundred species is it I'm at a loss, which made me decide not bother myself with them any more. The psilocybes on the ther hand have that very characteristic purple-ish spore print so I for sure I'll make a spore print if I ever think I've caught Psilos and I consider using them.
> Psathyrella aquaticaThat's crazy, how do they even work? I find it hard to believe mycelium can survive underwater but I guess it'd be doable if it's very stagnant waters where the ground isn't moved much by water currents.
Damn, I even googled it to check you're not trolling.
