• ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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    5 months ago

    Yeah, I carefully read the description of its distinguishing features, studied the photo, and concluded I have no idea what I’m looking at and how to tell them apart.

    • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works
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      I’m really good at spotting differences or inconsistencies, I’m totally lost with mushrooms though, and I go multiple times every Autumn with a woman in her 70’s. She is very clear about what we are looking for. She throws out at least half of what I gather.

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        with a woman in her 70’s

        Do these conditions have anything to do with a person’s ability to identify mushrooms

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            If she’s that old and likes to forage there’s only so many bad mushrooms you can eat

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            Also, women tend to have better natural color distinction, they more prominently have a genetic mutation that adds a 4th color cone.

            Additionally men are significantly more likely to have some form of colorblindness.

            Age also can have an effect on your perception of the world as well as the objective quality of your vision.

            Finally, describing the subject of the sentence is normal.

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          If someone goes mushroom gathering multiple times a year, getting to live until 70 speaks volumes about her ability.

    • ulterno@lemmy.kde.social
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      Simple, just eat it and see.
      If you’re dead, it’s poisonous.
      If you are alive, you haven’t eaten enough.

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      Mushroom lesson I did says that looking under the cap, spore color, what tree root system it’s growing in, can give you a really solid ID