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This is an actual statue, by the way.
 
Shard said:
What the fuck are those things and why is she touching them?
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Various types of jelly fungus. You might be surprised to hear that you can (generally) eat it, although by all accounts the taste isn't very nice.

Pocket Dragoon said:
I think they're varieties of slime mold, or at least the fruiting bodies; and because Freud was right. The internet was a mistake lol.
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You're not quite right there, slime mold looks different. It's also a lot more dangerous.
 
Beautiful Border said:
You might be surprised to hear that you can (generally) eat it, although by all accounts the taste isn't very nice.
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I've always been curious about Chicken of the Woods, but it doesn't grow in my neck of the woods (pun kind of intended) so I've never had the chance to try it.
 
Beautiful Border said:
Various types of jelly fungus. You might be surprised to hear that you can (generally) eat it, although by all accounts the taste isn't very nice.
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The fact they can be eaten makes it even worse, in a double entendre sort of way.
Beautiful Border said:
You're not quite right there, slime mold looks different. It's also a lot more dangerous.
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I suspected they might be something different, but I'd never heard of or seen anything like that before; other than slime mold. And speaking of.... dangerous, how? Like destroying angel dangerous, or take-over-your-nervous-system & sprout mold dangerous?
 
Pocket Dragoon said:
The fact they can be eaten makes it even worse, in a double entendre sort of way.
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They're used in certain Chinese dishes, but given what else the Chinese are known to eat I'm not sure if I'd count that as a ringing endorsement.
Pocket Dragoon said:
I suspected they might be something different, but I'd never heard of or seen anything like that before; other than slime mold.
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They're fairly easy to tell apart when you know what to look for. Jelly fungus has a "soft and squishy" look to it. The individual parts are very large and wrinkly:
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Slime mold, on the other hand, has more of a "bumpy" look to it. The individual parts are very small and smooth:
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Personally, there's something about slime mold that gives me much more of an instinctual revulsion, an "eek! I wouldn't want to touch that" feeling in my gut.
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And speaking of.... dangerous, how? Like destroying angel dangerous, or take-over-your-nervous-system & sprout mold dangerous?
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Nah, for the most part it's more "it'll give you an upset tummy" dangerous. Well, except for the ones that are take-over-your-nervous-system-and-kill-you dangerous. In general it's not good for you though.

That said, the aptly-named "dog vomit slime mold" is even supposedly eaten in some parts of rural Mexico, where it is eaten uncooked as "caca de luna".
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Beautiful Border said:
That said, the aptly-named "dog vomit slime mold" is even supposedly eaten in some parts of rural Mexico, where it is eaten uncooked as "caca de luna".
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Seen them, never wanted to try them. Whenever one sprouts (or any mushroom for that matter), my dad teached us to remove them quickly as some cows can choke on them, (tbf, cows can choke on many things)
 
Hutlacoche, the domesticated fungi of the corn. Very tasty in all its forms and easy to prepare. It is inoffensive and a great filling for a quesadilla. If you can try it, go for it.
 
Doppelmonger said:
Hutlacoche, the domesticated fungi of the corn. Very tasty in all its forms and easy to prepare. It is inoffensive and a great filling for a quesadilla. If you can try it, go for it.
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What the fuck is wrong with Mexicans?
"This corn is obviously diseased, but I'm gonna eat it anyway!"
Even if it tastes good, I'm not coming anywhere near it.
 
Shard said:
What the fuck is wrong with Mexicans?
"This corn is obviously diseased, but I'm gonna eat it anyway!"
Even if it tastes good, I'm not coming anywhere near it.
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That is how the belief back then was, the corn was a gift from the gods, and should not be wasted in any form. I am sure that we are the only country that eats it like that. What I am not eating nor touching in my lifetime is this:

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Our culture has been eating ze bugs for centuries up to this day, and I do not support this practice, so please Steve, do not eat that. Tripes are fine if they are deep-fried too.
 
Nick Obre said:
I've always been curious about Chicken of the Woods, but it doesn't grow in my neck of the woods (pun kind of intended) so I've never had the chance to try it.
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If your talking about the UK / European variety It's "OK" not great but OK, I'm a fan of Puffballs and Morrell myself, I'm lucky to have access to some Morrell hunting spots that most people are not aware of so when they are in season, Morrell's and Garlic butter on Toast.
 
Beautiful Border said:
Various types of jelly fungus. You might be surprised to hear that you can (generally) eat it, although by all accounts the taste isn't very nice.


You're not quite right there, slime mold looks different. It's also a lot more dangerous.
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I can say from experience that (at least some) jelly fungus (fungi), when thoroughly pan-fried in butter, does no particular harm, and tastes like...organic matter that's been thoroughly pan-fried in butter. I have no regrets about the experience, but it's not something I'm likely to do again outside of a particularly unusual survival scenario.

Anyway, cursed image for the cursed image god:

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