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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 01:55:49 JST Ars Technica

   Deadly morel mushroom outbreak highlights big gaps in fungi knowledge

   Prized morels are unpredictably and puzzlingly deadly, outbreak report shows.

   https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/deadly-morel-mushroom-outbreak-highlights-big-gaps-in-fungi-knowledge/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • max oakland (maxoakland@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 02:26:11 JST max oakland

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     @arstechnica What!!?? This is news to me

   • sadele2 (sadele2@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 03:32:43 JST sadele2

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     @arstechnica

     Tho the say they haven't found a definitive cause for outbreak when I read that the morels at the sushi restaurant were either raw or lightly cooked, I remembered mycologist Paul Stamets advising to always thoroughly cook fungi.

     Two links, from 2015:

     Should you consume Raw Edible Mushrooms ?
     https://paulstamets.com/news/raw-edible-mushrooms

     To test that mushrooms are not very digestible unless cooked, try this self-experiment.
     https://paulstamets.com/news/experiment-edible-mushroom

   • Jo Momma (jomomma@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 19:29:02 JST Jo Momma

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     @arstechnica cook mushrooms before eating them -mycologist, botanist, concerned citizen

   • Sander (klassika@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 20:51:33 JST Sander

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     @arstechnica
     Morchella are edible mushrooms that need to be heated before eating, wikipedia says so in at least three languages with sources. There is no mystery.
     No need to expand one groups toxicity to others - button mushroom being prime example of delicious whike non cooked.
     There are ofcourse others, and there are of course caveats.