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ortusdux 48 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Mushroom hunting with LLMs: what can go wrong?

Chanterelles and false chanterelles are especially tricky. They fruit at the same time in the same areas. I have to do a 2nd pass after I have washed and dried my haul.

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allan-a 48 days ago | [–]

Do the false chanterelles that you encounter smell similar to chanterelles?

superjan 48 days ago | [–]

The false chanterelle that I know is not poisonous.

ortusdux 48 days ago | [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophoropsis_aurantiaca#Edib...

The real thing is plentiful enough I don't mess with them, but I know people that regularly eat the false ones.

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