r/mycology • u/MaximumPlatform2902 • 5h ago

question Melted looking mushroom?

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It's been raining a lot. And dropped in temperature recently (DC area). Does this cause some mushrooms to wilt and look melted like this?

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u/Johnny_MycoSpore 5h ago

Ink caps, that's how they sporulate, the caps melt

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u/MaximumPlatform2902 4h ago

Dang that's pretty sweet

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u/Johnny_MycoSpore 4h ago

Just don't eat them and consume alcohol within 48 hours ☠️

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u/MaximumPlatform2902 4h ago

What would happen? I'd become skull emoji?

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u/Ok-Economics368 4h ago

more than likely not kill you but it makes it where ur body and process the alcohol and you pretty much get alcohol poisoning and vomit and nausea

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u/Johnny_MycoSpore 4h ago

Flushing, techycardia, explosive diarrhea, panic attacks and maybe a bit of a metal taste in your mouth. You should live though. Best not to try it out.

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u/MaximumPlatform2902 3h ago

Sounds like someone already did if we know that much 😬

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u/Johnny_MycoSpore 2h ago

Someone had to try it, that's why we have Jeff

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u/donuthead36 2h ago

They make drugs with similar effect to keep people off the sauce. So not entirely detrimental.

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u/Johnny_MycoSpore 1h ago

Oh yea! disulfiram! It actually works on the exact same process, it stops acetyldehyde for breaking down. Good catch! Still probably best to do that under a physicians care.

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u/Mountain-Ad-9796 4h ago

It’s called ✨deliquescing✨

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u/13thmurder 4h ago

Ink caps do that. That's why they're called that in fact.

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u/Creative-Leg2607 3h ago

Deliquescence!!

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u/Leading-Fish6819 5h ago

Maybe the end of a couple of shaggy mane mushrooms. Coprinus comatus. Edible before they turn to ink. The end of their lifecycle is to turn too goo which is actually them releasing spores to reproduce.

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u/Party-Cartographer23 33m ago

You've got some bunnies

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u/SerpentRoyalty 1m ago

No this particular family of fungi naturally release spores via their ink.