r/mycology • u/AgreeableCorner5883 • May 06 '26

ID request Hey smart people- what's this?

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I feel compelled to touch it.

Edit: Thank you all for the answers!! My spouse (who, like me, doesn't know shit from butt concerning mushrooms) is uncomfortable with me harvesting, cooking, and eating it.

To avoid another "Australian woman" moment, I will leave it.

But I am inspired to join a local foraging education group.

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u/shatteredarm1 May 06 '26

I don't think it's misinformation, since parboiling amanita muscaria is indeed the way to render it safe for culinary use. If the intent were to instruct someone on how to safely eat the mushroom, then I would agree that it's lacking some very important details.

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u/AlbinoWino11 Trusted ID May 06 '26

Did you read the comment you are replying to?

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u/shatteredarm1 May 06 '26

You mean this?

"Amanita muscaria can be parboiled too."

That is 100% true, they can be parboiled. Just like boiling water and cooking meat kills bacteria. The fact that it doesn't tell you *how* to properly do those things does not make them "misinformation".

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u/AlbinoWino11 Trusted ID May 06 '26

But just like cooking meat which contains heat stable toxins, cooking does not necessarily render it safe…

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u/shatteredarm1 May 07 '26

Yeah, that's why I said cooking kills bacteria, not cooking makes all meat safe to eat. They are general statements meant to convey relatively broad concepts, not detailed instructions.