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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • I LOVE these, big big fan! They’re at all the public-land hiking trails around me. Nice little trail map, often dry-erase notes over the glass marking flooded trails or temporarily protected areas. History lessons or something about what makes the area special. Single mittens and kit left like a makeshift lost and found. You know you’re in for a really good hike when they have a sign in book! Such an underrated low-cost public service.


  • Absolutely! I use the Libby app and a regular library card. They link up so you can read all the ebooks in your library system for free, just like checking a regular book out. Sometimes you have to wait for a popular book, which I usually try to appreciate as a rare exercise in patience but can be annoying of course. But it’s actually free, no adds, simple to use.













  • Whether or not to just go for it would depend on your investment and goal. Did you spend what you consider to be a lot on your spores? If you decide not to experiment with cultivation, can you return them or resell them? Basically, are you going to be wasting your investment if you don’t try, or if you try and fail? Then, what’s your goal? Learning because it seems like a fun hobby, or just getting these specific mushrooms right the first time?

    Personally, I’d just go ahead and try as best as you can. Use the advice you got, but don’t stress about it if it’s not perfect. The most likely failure is nothing will grow and you’ll have wasted whatever you spent on materials and a little time. Absolutely worst case scenario is that contamination in your substrate somehow introduces a different kind of mushroom that you weren’t expecting and - again worst case scenario - you don’t realize it’s the wrong kind of mushroom and eat it and die. That seems wildly unlikely, though.


  • Up front, yeah, I absolutely didn’t read all of that. I am an amateur forager, and while I’m confident enough to sight identify common edibles and eat them, I don’t consider myself to “know about mushrooms” either. My problem with your comment is that it’s just as bad as AI giving advice; people might skim through and take it as fact without reading your little disclaimer, just like people skim through and take AI as fact without knowing better. That probably seems fine on the surface because your comment is just the opposite of the meme and, if followed, your advice will definitely prevent anyone getting poisoned. Unfortunately, it also will really discourage anyone interested in foraging. I’d hate for someone to miss out on a fun, healthy hobby because you can’t just keep your shit to your self.

    Lemmy has communities where people who know what they’re talking about can give actual good advice. Please seek one out!