To be fair it’s not like you have to actually straight up injest them to try. I’m sure ancient peoples had protocols.
Like first you touch and wait a couple hours. If nothing happens try rubbing on your skin and waiting a couple hours. If nothing happens rub it in your mouth and wait a couple hours. If nothing happens chew a tiny bit and spit it out and wait a couple hours etc.
It’s not foolproof obviously. But its a lot safer than seeing a new shroom and full on eating it.
Huh. Well cool. I guess my intuition would help a little if i ended up in that situation. But at the same time i’m bedridden by disability so I’d be the first to die ;)
To be fair it’s not like you have to actually straight up injest them to try. I’m sure ancient peoples had protocols.
Like first you touch and wait a couple hours. If nothing happens try rubbing on your skin and waiting a couple hours. If nothing happens rub it in your mouth and wait a couple hours. If nothing happens chew a tiny bit and spit it out and wait a couple hours etc.
It’s not foolproof obviously. But its a lot safer than seeing a new shroom and full on eating it.
plus they had lots of kids back then, so you just follow the trail furthest away from the gravestones
Those still are the protocols for survival foraging!
Huh. Well cool. I guess my intuition would help a little if i ended up in that situation. But at the same time i’m bedridden by disability so I’d be the first to die ;)
Spot on!
Read this is an old mycology book: Take a tiny nibble, wait 45 minutes, rinse and repeat with bigger bites.
Most shrooms are harmless or will just give you a bad stomach ache.