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mushroom

vr.tr.mushroom · PHY.LIV

Let an agent handle mushrooms by species, identification caution, edibility, cultivation and poisoning response, never confirming wild mushrooms as safe to eat from descriptions or photos.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle mushrooms by species, identification caution, edibility, cultivation and poisoning response, never confirming wild mushrooms as safe to eat from descriptions or photos.

The fleshy spore-bearing fruiting body of certain fungi, typically with a cap and stem and gills or pores, including edible, medicinal, hallucinogenic and deadly poisonous species; also mushrooms as food.

What it is for: Food, ecology, medicine research and cultivation.

It can be learn about mushroom biology and ecology; find expert identification and foraging rules; cook cultivated mushrooms safely; respond to suspected poisoning.

Distinguishing features

Fungal fruiting body

Many poisonous species

Important decomposers and symbionts

Cultivated widely

What it looks like

Caps on stems with gills, pores or teeth, in many colours and sizes.

How it is recognised

Cap, gills or pores, stem, ring, volva

Spore print colour

Deadly look-alikes exist for many edible species

Related models

is a kind of - category

fruiting body and fungal structure

is produced by - organism

fungus

is related to - ecology

mycorrhiza

is eaten as - use

food

In practice

Families and kinds

edible cultivated mushrooms such as button and shiitake

wild edible mushrooms

deadly poisonous mushrooms such as death cap

medicinal and research mushrooms

plant-pathogenic fungi (related)

Standards and regulation

Food safety law on wild mushroom sales

Foraging and nature reserve rules

Controlled substances law for some species

Failure modes and hazards

Fatal poisoning from misidentification

Confirming edibility from photos

Illegal picking in protected areas

Also called

mycoparasitismdried mushroomsedible mushroomCronartium conigenumshiitake mushroomcorn smutpenny bunchoice mushroomDeliciosivitamin D-enhanced mushroomMorchellaFungo di Borgotaro PGIShimejiFinnish trade mushroomChanterellesPorcinobirch boletehallimasch mushroomcultivated mushroomLittle brown mushroomspsychoactive mushroommeshimakobucaution mushroomallergenic mushroomdeadly mushroomalveoliinedible mushroom

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.mushroom-phenomenon

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Poisoning Emergency.

Safety comes first.

Eaten

Suspected poisoning.

Eaten

Suspected poisoning.

  1. Has someone eaten a wild mushroom and feels unwell, even hours later? boundary
  2. Which poison centre or emergency number should be called, and should a sample be kept? action

Identification

No confirmation.

Identification

Identification limit.

  1. Is the user asking the agent to confirm a wild mushroom is edible? boundary
  2. How can they find an expert mycologist instead? action
Biology Fungi.

Mushrooms are fungal organs.

Structure

Parts.

Structure

Structure.

  1. What are the parts of a mushroom and their functions? definition
  2. How are spores released? definition

Ecology

Roles.

Ecology

Ecological roles.

  1. Is the fungus a decomposer, mycorrhizal partner or parasite? provenance
  2. Which trees does it associate with? provenance
Food Eating safely.

Cultivated mushrooms are safest.

Cooking

Preparation.

Cooking

Cooking.

  1. How should this cultivated mushroom be stored and cooked? provenance
  2. Should some species always be cooked? boundary

Foraging

Rules.

Foraging

Foraging rules.

  1. Is foraging allowed here, and are there limits? provenance
  2. Which local groups offer guided forays? provenance
Substances Psychoactive species.

Law and harm reduction.

Law

Controlled species.

Law

Legal status.

  1. What is the legal status of psychoactive mushrooms here? provenance
  2. Is research use regulated? provenance

Help

Drug support.

Help

Support.

  1. Is someone having a bad reaction after taking mushrooms? boundary
  2. Which emergency or drug support service applies? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each species be a separate entry?
  • How should poison centre contacts be localised?
  • How should hallucinogenic species be handled?
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