The Mushroom Lookalike Problem
A mushroom cap is a poor advertisement for what lies beneath it. Two wild fungi can share a color, shape and size, yet one may bring pleasure to a pan while the other carries a lethal toxin. The resemblance is not a promise of kinship, much less safety. Appearance alone can deceive.The chemistry tells a less comforting story. Mushroom shape reflects evolutionary pressures and ancestry, but similar...More
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