• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Some areas have mushrooms that are so similar the only reliable way to identify them is using a spore print.

    Plants and animals tend to have more distinct identifying features like leaf patterns, bark texture or hair color.

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    2 months ago

    I’m the opposite, I can tell some really difficult mushrooms apart due to good ol’ hyperfixation but I still know jack about plants and trees.

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    2 months ago

    Well it’s a white mushroom with gills so that narrows the possibility space to 1 mildly tasty shroom and eight gorillion super deadly poisonous liver failure shrooms