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Re:Experts Explore New Mushroom Which Causes Fairytale-Like ... by RicardoLuis0 on Friday December 26, 2025 @07:39PM (#46397959)
that's exactly the point, the _lack of_ humans during its evolution is what it has to do with us, a mushroom may be poisonous to the species that it evolved around, while at the same time not being poisonous to humans
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Re:Experts Explore New Mushroom Which Causes Fairytale-Like ... by Sharlin on Sunday December 28, 2025 @04:20PM (#46414638)
Hmm. I'm not sure there are many mushrooms poisonous to other mammals but not to us. We have almost exactly the same biochemistry after all.
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