I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006)

Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by Alex3917 on Thursday October 17, 2019 @11:17PM (#21288366)

At least in the U.S. and Canada, there are no mushrooms where if a healthy adult nibbles on them to taste them and then spits them out, they will be anywhere close to the LD50. You might still get some minor liver damage or whatever, but not enough to kill you. This is as opposed to plants, where people have died just from putting water hemlock twigs in their mouths to play with.

There are a bunch of similar-looking species where the proper way to ID them to know if they're edible or not is actually to nibble on them and then just spit them out.

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Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by tzs on Friday October 18, 2019 @12:24AM (#21288671)

> At least in the U.S. and Canada, there are no mushrooms where if a healthy adult nibbles on them to taste them and then spits them out, they will be anywhere close to the LD50

LD50 is the dose that kills 50% of a test population. I don't think I'd try something if the only assurance I had that it was safe is that it is not anywhere near LD50.

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Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by Alex3917 on Friday October 18, 2019 @12:34AM (#21288714)

> I don't think I'd try something if the only assurance I had that it was safe is that it is not anywhere near LD50.

Ever drink coffee or alcohol?

Keep in mind I'm definitely not saying it's safe, only that you're not going to die from acute toxicity.

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Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by varjag on Friday October 18, 2019 @03:32AM (#21289361)

Sure, if you ever consume an LD50 of alcohol you have a 1 in 2 chance to die.

Most people never drink a comparable amount though.

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Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by Grangar on Friday October 18, 2019 @04:21AM (#21289561)

Wow I never even heard of hemlock before. Good to know!

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