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Re:India could become a 'mushroom superpower' by WalterGR on Monday June 20, 2022 @11:29AM (#31811522)
Not to say that growing mushrooms at home is risk-free, but that paper is about industrial production.

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"Several persons concerned with the cultivation and industrial production of this mushroom fell ill, after close contact with it over a period of some months, with exhaustion, headache, chills and fever, and cough."

[0] (no snark intended - just pointing out potential differences from home cultivation)

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Re:India could become a 'mushroom superpower' by foobiekr on Monday June 20, 2022 @03:54PM (#31814952)
yeah, but no one is tracking home growers. the issue is spore germination in lungs or allergic hypersensitivity which will be due to exposure.

I used to grow mushrooms at home, and worse, oyster mushrooms, and developed a persistent cough even for my relative low volume. it cleared up when I got rid of them, but you know, the area was just covered, covered in spores.

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