Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoMycology is a complicated fieldslrpnk.netimagemessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up11.16Karrow-down112cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.15Karrow-down1imageMycology is a complicated fieldslrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square120fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarethe_artic_onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoA spore print is an easy test anyone can do that will keep you from mixing up Amanita (destroying angel) and Agaricus (meadow mushroom). If the spores are cold brown like dark chocolate it’s an Agaricus, if they’re pinkish white it’s an Amanita. It’s not like they’re that similar-looking either https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255182707 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233616138
A spore print is an easy test anyone can do that will keep you from mixing up Amanita (destroying angel) and Agaricus (meadow mushroom). If the spores are cold brown like dark chocolate it’s an Agaricus, if they’re pinkish white it’s an Amanita.
It’s not like they’re that similar-looking either
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255182707
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233616138