In particular, know how to identify the common and deadly species (eg: much of the genus Amanita) yourself, and get multiple trustworthy field guides for your part of the world.
In particular, know how to identify the common and deadly species (eg: much of the genus Amanita) yourself, and get multiple trustworthy field guides for your part of the world.
Identifying mushroom has always been mysterious to me–how did they differentiate many of the mushroom? Especially I heard that there are so many different mushroom that looks identical
I think the most common advice is, “if you live in an area where this edible mushroom and this impossible-to-tell-apart poisonous lookalike both grow, don’t pick either of them.”