Ha! I just had a very interesting conversation with ChatGPT about a mushroom that I found in my front lawn. I am 99% sure it was an edible oyster mushroom which included analysis the of the size, growing substrate (dead ash tree root which turns out to be a useful identifying characteristic -- I learned a lot about mycology in a short time). Plus I don't use fertilizers, herbicide, pesticides, fungicides (obviously) on my lawn so I think it would have been quite tasty. Did I eat it? Hell, no. But then I got to thinking, would I trust a human to correctly identify it? I am actually not sure I would either. Penalty is just too great for misidentification LLM or not.

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engineer_22 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

oysters are pretty safe

	▲	Insanity 12 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yes but you need to be sure it is an Oyster Mushroom in the first place.
	▲	Obscurity4340 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I mean, there's a reason the Old Testament banned them. Blech
	▲	xandrius 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Great stereotypical engineer's response.

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Joel_Mckay 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This time of year it is common for folks to mistake Dear mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) with the poisonous juvenile invasive Amanita family.

Amanita travels everywhere with wood mulch around local gardens, and is practically impossible to get rid of once established.

Stay safe, and never believe your own lying eyes when it comes to mycology. Could join a local university hosted public outreach foraging club, as the experts enjoy nothing more that spotting weird looking finds. =3