| ▲ | ComputerPerson 3 hours ago | |
Most people associate mushrooms and fungi with the smell of their substrate; they commonly don't have a strong smell themselves I doubt it has a smell stronger than the wearer edit: this is a bad take, upon further research | ||
| ▲ | AlanYx an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
The mushroom smell isn't from either the substrate or respiration. That distinct odor is 1-octen-3-ol. Biochemists call it "mushroom alcohol." It's caused by enzymatic breakdown of their cell walls, and it thought to be related to signalling. I doubt it would be strongly present here. The article says the mycelium are close to dormant. You can actually purchase mushroom alcohol commercially as a food additive. | ||
| ▲ | fluoridation 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I've done cultures on agar agar and mycelium definitely does have a distinctive smell. To me it's reminiscent to the damp smell of a concrete basement, though less stale and unpleasant. | ||
| ▲ | _whiteCaps_ 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Chanterelles smell great. I would wear something that smelled like that. Pine mushrooms, not so much. | ||