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[–] 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Well, one could argue that it is the other way around. We consider most mushrooms as feasibly edible when it is easy enough to distinguish them from non-edible ones. There are thousands of mushroom species out there that are probably edible but that are just not worth anyone's time. And we also focus more on certain groups of mushrooms that contain a higher percentage of edible ones, like boletes (and also champignons).

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    That's fair. Few people dare to eat the edible Amanitas, although they're said to be quite tasty. If the deadly species didn't exist, they would probably be much more popular.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    It isn't that hard to correctly ID Amanita rubescens and I've eaten it quite a few times. But if I'm the only one responsible for identifying it I wouldn't dare to eat it. With boletes I'm much more lenient and don't even know the species all of the time :D

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Interesting because I find boletes very confusing and some are poisonous. But maybe this varies regionally.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    You're totally right! I forgot that this is very dependent on where you live. In the area where I usually collect boletes, there are zero poisonous ones and only some that are hard to digest or bad tasting.

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