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Posted by astronads 12/26/2025

Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations(nhmu.utah.edu)
https://archive.is/CwDtf
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Razengan 12/27/2025|
I say it again, fungi and cephalopods are the closest things to aliens we have on this world.
d-lisp 12/27/2025|
The more I look at Animalia species the more I tend to judge this is all alien compared to ... mountains.

Eyes, hair, hands, feet, genitalia : this all becomes pretty weird if I look at it "objectively".

Razengan 12/28/2025||
It's all star dust on a fast enough time scale.
d-lisp 12/28/2025||
Right ?

But then what the hell are "mathematics" ?

memming 12/26/2025||
Aparently 见手青 is mildly toxic yet commonly consumed in Yunan.
culi 12/26/2025||
Spinach too is mildly toxic because of its oxalate content yet we eat it all the time. Some of those toxic saponins even have certain health benefits. There are plenty other examples of toxic foods we regularly consume: legumes contain deadly saponins, beets contain oxalates, and potatoes contain glycoalkaloids

From what I read Suillellus luridus (见手青) is completely fine when cooked

thaumasiotes 12/26/2025||
Meat is also toxic when eaten raw; that is not generally held to be a reason to avoid eating it cooked.
VladVladikoff 12/27/2025||
What toxins does raw meat contain? Or are you referring to bacteria contaminated raw meat?
thaumasiotes 12/27/2025||
Doesn't have to be bacteria. Raw meat can contain any kind of horrifying contamination. Viruses, bacteria, mold, nematodes... there is no limit. It's the perfect substrate for everything.

Living toxins are much worse than nonliving ones because the living toxins can reproduce to dangerous levels even if you consume a tiny dose.

But if for some reason you think they're not dangerous, foods that contain nonliving toxins when unprocessed are also commonly eaten; a major example would be cassava. See also acorns, nardoo, fugu, and the Greenland shark.

Most things prefer not to be eaten; you can't let that stop you.

MaysonL 12/27/2025||
Reminiscent of Terence McKenna and his DMT elves…
purplezooey 12/27/2025||
Let's get Rockefeller up in here
tartoran 12/26/2025||
It's Elves all the way down.
gaia 12/28/2025||
Paging https://paulstamets.com

PS: wouldn't it be nice to actually be able to ping his DID from anywhere?

oytis 12/26/2025||
Experts
throw310822 12/26/2025|
I was disappointed that the article doesn't contain pictures of these little people.
throwup238 12/26/2025||
It does but the liliputians are invisible on photographs unless you’ve eaten the undercooked mushroom.
dekhn 12/26/2025|||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cottingley_Fairies_1.jpg
felubra 12/26/2025||
Strangely enough, I just finished listening today to this podcast episode on the Cottingley Fairies (it’s a great listen):: https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/phot...
pjerem 12/26/2025|||
Easy, eat another well known species of uncooked mushrooms so that your camera is now able to eat the mushroom.
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