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Mushrooms (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Anyone knows what that allergic reaction thing references? Sounds interesting

[–] [email protected] 155 points 1 week ago (13 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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Holy shit. That's mildly terrifying...

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