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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 182 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 67 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Featured there is Amanita Muscaria, which isn't really that poisonous. White Amanitas are lethal, never touch those, but with Muscaria you could have some fun.

Some even theorise that the reason Santa is red and white comes from Amanitas, basically a siberian shaman got fucked up on shrooms and climbed down the middle pole of the tent to give everyone else shrooms as well. Which is why Santa comes from the chimney and gives colorful presents. :) (Or so some people have theorised, I'm not asserting it as fact lol.)

edit and also reindeer love chomping on amanitas, and amanitas are associated with feelings of "flying". and the way these people would get high is that the shaman would eat a lot of shrooms, then after he got high he'd piss in a bowl and that piss would get people really high.)

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

White Amanitas are lethal, never touch those, but with Muscaria you could have some fun.

These are my favorites because of their common name. Destroying Angel.

Fun fact: the survival rate without treatment is about half, but that goes up to ~90% if you get treated quickly. However, it can still destroy your liver. The toxin is thermostable so cooking doesn't break it down. It is excreted in urine so a lot of the treatment consists of pumping you full of fluids and making you pee a lot. There is no actual antidote to the toxin.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I call bullshit on that one. Santa is red and white because Coca Cola drabbed him in their colors for a marketing campaign and it catched on. Before that Santa was usually portrayed in white and green.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Coke may have (re)popularised them, but they didn't originate them, so the Siberian shroom santa is still technically possible if not plausible.

Although it may seem a fortunate coincidence, the use of red and white colours for Santa's outfit was not a homage to Coca-Cola's brand colours, but rather was inspired by the Bishop's mitre clothing which may have been worn by the real St Nicholas

https://www.citma.org.uk/resources/the-story-of-santa-and-coca-cola-blog.html

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[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Few weeks ago I read up on A. Muscaria, picked up a couple in a local forest, decarboxydized them in an oven and drank tea with 4g of (poorly) dried mushroom. 3 days before sleep.

Holy mother of fungi, it's like having an antidepressant that, you know, works. Deep sleep duration increased from 10 to 19%. Walking up in the morning felt normal. Weed consumption dropped roughly by half.

Only after three evenings, effects are felt four days after, although waining.

I'm just a noise on the Internet, my words are worth nothing. But read up on the mushroom, it's definitely something different from what people think it is.

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[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 85 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Now I want him to teach me about mushrooms.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 16 points 2 weeks ago

I'm also curious as to what the symbiotic relationship with the genus Mustelidae is

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 81 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Also, you cannot kill them in a way that matters

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."

  • mushrooms
[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's over, I have the low ground

  • mushroom
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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Break mycelium in half, now is just two mycelium. Mycelium win every time.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] hoch@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Why not ourcelium, comrade

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Burning them seems to kill them. As does fungicide.

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[–] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 62 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Anyone knows what that allergic reaction thing references? Sounds interesting

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 155 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

The part about them being too closely related to Humans sounds like BS, but there is a mushroom that is perfectly safe the first few times you eat it, and then eventually makes your immune system attack your blood cells.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxillus_involutus

[–] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 49 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There's a Paul Stamets video where he talks about how mushrooms are so closely related to humans that we both fight off similar pathogens and that is why they are so useful to us for medicine (penicillin for example.)

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 42 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

In the Paul Stamets TED talk, he never says that humans specifically are genetically close to fungi. He said that between all the different kingdoms of life, animals and fungi were more biologically similar than any other two kingdoms.

That definitely explains why we can borrow useful defenses from fungi, like antibiotics, but it's definitely not a reason to believe that our immune systems would have any difficulties differentiating between certain fungi and our own bodies, at least not for reasons related to direct genetic similarities.

[–] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago

You're right, my word choice makes it seem like I was saying fungi and humans are genetically related. Thanks for clarifying.

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[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

TIL Stamets is named after a real mycologist.

[–] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I was thinking, "he is a real mycologist," before I figured out to whom you were referring.

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[–] Shard@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Holy shit. That's mildly terrifying...

[–] Potatisen@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

What other great mushroom facts do you have, mystery man?

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

The ol' bait and switch

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[–] bahbah23@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 39 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is mushroom for research

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 weeks ago

You don’t teach about mushrooms, you get the mushrooms to teach you.

taps head

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 36 points 2 weeks ago

But we know what they are - they’re mushrooms.

[–] newenlightened@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

eat psychedelic mushrooms, kids. they're good for ya!

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

But he did just teach us about mushrooms!

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻)

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[–] buh@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 16 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago

They can save your current progress without pausing. Isn't that easy to understand?

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't there a conspiracy theories that the shrooms are a hive mind secretly guiding humanity's evolution into godhood?

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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ever since watching the latest season of Clarkson’s Farm, I can’t help but hear him say ‘space penises’ any time I read the word mishrooms..

[–] stevegiblets@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hah yes what a wacky role model that man is. What a lovely avuncular figure in all of our lives. What a boon to mankind.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are we really calling that racist homophobe who rails against road safety and assaults people a "role model" of any sort?

[–] stevegiblets@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Oh sorry I thought the sarcasm was obvious. He is a wretched man and I hope he dies soon in tremendous pain

The fun part is the sort of people who do like him will upvote my comment because they are stupid.

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