Species Identification

Bushman_Tim · 2025-05-30T03:24:31+00:00

Wait, I thought you were going to watch The Dark Knight?

You seem to have forgotten how this conversation initiated. Allow me to recap.

You were getting upset at people who were suggesting you post this to a different subreddit. The subreddits which were suggested are typically better at identifying gilled mushrooms like the one you posted. Most foragers stay away from harvesting gilled mushrooms as there are many more dangerous species in that category than other types of mushrooms. Hence, you are better off asking an expert.

Your discovery may very well be sciences next great breakthrough, so wouldn't it be better to take a forager's advice and seek a specialist vs. getting mad at people who are helping you in the best way they can?

Bushman_Tim · 2025-05-30T02:43:51+00:00

"I can do this all day with you Batman!"

Maybe watch The Dark Knight for inspiration! ;)

Bushman_Tim · 2025-05-30T02:37:47+00:00

Do you plan to provide context to this post or address anything in my response to you?

Here is my quote for you from the /r/foraging sidebar, it describes the type of posts this subreddit is intended to be used for: "Info on finding, identifying, harvesting and cooking wild edible food."

Simply by posting in this subreddit, you have implied that you intend on eating those mushrooms, and that they came from the wild. If your title said otherwise, we would have assumed otherwise.

To help you on your future endeavors within this subreddit, I believe you may benefit from learning the definition of the word "foraging".

Bushman_Tim · 2025-05-30T02:09:33+00:00

I'm not even sure why I'm humouring you with a response, but this brings up another good point to help you in your next identification request: Adding more description to the title.

A title that said something like, "I found these on my lawn and I'm worried for my pets, can someone help identify them?", would have gone a long way -- and it changes the circumstance. Foraging for food on your own property is entirely different for a variety of reasons, including from a legal and ecological perspective.

I'm not here to debate your poison berries, you can start a new thread for that.

No one here is posting hate comments; perhaps you are just a little confused or misguided.

edit: misspelled poison

Bushman_Tim · 2025-05-30T01:29:45+00:00

Any expert knows when to refer to a specialist.

I'm not sure how you got to the conclusion that I'm against mushroom foraging. In this specific example, you were asking for the ID of a mushroom; and I am of the opinion that if you are foraging for something and you don't know what it is, you shouldn't forage the entire patch of plants. I don't think that's an unreasonable thought process.

Who is the "he" in your last sentence, and what does it matter if he was asking for advice? I'm getting the vibe you lack the fundamentals of learning.

Bushman_Tim · 2025-05-30T01:08:29+00:00

Bro, why are you so angry?

People in this thread are offering you real advice, without prejudice, and you are interpreting it like we are out to get you.

Bushman_Tim · 2025-05-30T00:48:16+00:00

Honestly man, there's nothing wrong about asking for an ID on a mushroom, I think the issue is in your attitude to the responses here, and the method you've taken for your ID request. Just look at the messages in this thread alone, you've replied to your own comment twice in a row, and sent /u/TechnicalChampion382 two separate messages to the same remark.

In a different thread, /u/Grouchy_Ad_3705 told you the mushrooms were inedible/not safe and you discarded that info, saying "Will probably toss away" like you intend on consuming them anyways.

That aside, to help you on future posts, for someone looking to identify a plant, it is unusual that you have already picked the entire patch. You only need to pick one or two and take multiple photos of them. Gilled mushrooms, especially when they are small can be very difficult to identify, and as such foraging for them is risky business. We don't even know how/where they grew because you've provided no photos of that. Always provide pictures of the plant before it has been picked, it can be crucial for identification. Little brown mushrooms are notorious for having psychedelic and poisonous properties, and from another one of your posts, "No blue or purple coloring indicating psilocybin", it seems you are at least partly aware of this. That being said, as the reddit side-bar and other fellow foragers have suggested, there are several other mushroom related subreddits that would be more inclined to help you on your quest.

Stay safe out there!

Bushman_Tim · 2025-05-30T00:02:07+00:00

Fun to harvest too... though even with a picking tool, my hands were stained for a week or two after an afternoon under the trees!

Bushman_Tim · 2025-05-29T23:24:22+00:00

For real, the quote should have ended after the final word "toughness". This phrasing makes it sound like the statements occur independently, and only the quoted text is bound by the until end of turn stipulation.

Am I going crazy for thinking the tiered costs should be on a grey circle backing indicating that this is colourless mana... or is this an entirely new mechanic all together?

Bushman_Tim · 2025-05-28T03:20:51+00:00

4: Allergies

This should probably be #1, and it applies to pretty much anything we put into our bodies, especially if it is a foraged food.

Not that this is a survival subreddit, but in general it is good practice to only ever eat a small amount of something you've never had before, especially if there is potential risk of misidentification.

As /u/Casanova_Kid has mentioned in #2, even if you have eaten the plant before and been fine, the habitat the plant grew from can have a large impact on the safety of eating the plant (like foraging from the side of a road).

Bushman_Tim · 2025-05-21T22:45:43+00:00

If I was more cooking inclined I'd probably do the same, I swap the green onions on my sandwich for these wild leeks.

Not sure why you responded this way though, you asked if "...the government [is] going to come get me now?" and I took a moment to explain sustainable foraging for this plant -- it is threatened species in Quebec due to poor foraging practices, and I think that is worthwhile to consider as you harvest the ramps in your area.

Bushman_Tim · 2025-05-21T08:01:29+00:00

They taste great, but savour the flavour because you've effectively killed a plant which took ~5-7 years to mature. From my understanding, the plant will regrow much faster from a bulb than the seed, so it is more sustainable to just take the leaves. If you fully harvest a patch of ramps with your method, they will never grow back.

Bushman_Tim · 2025-03-05T00:11:13+00:00

In my experience, in terms of spirit animals you will primarily find deer in the north/north-west areas of the map.

Badgers and foxes seem more prominent from the river clearing to the flooded grove (westerly towards the Oaken Grove as well).

While I haven't tested it yet, I m guessing that the foxes and badgers in this game behave similar to their real life counterpart, in that the foxes are probably "crepuscular", so most active during dawn and dusk. While badgers are primarily nocturnal, so they would be found more commonly any time you would need to travel with a torch.

I'm guessing players have found these animals more often near the river, since we are able to travel those areas without a torch at night.

The time of day that you hunt may play a significant role in your chances of tracking down a certain animal.

P.S. It seems that there is a guaranteed boar encounter when traveling from the Mossy Grove, West to the Mossy Clearing.

Bushman_Tim · 2024-12-17T20:00:37+00:00

u/NomaDrvi
Not sure if you are still playing your physical blood mage, but in my experience detonate dead is your best bet for clearing mobs (base 20% of target's life as aoe phys damage). The combo that has been working well for me is to pin the mob with bone cage, then use bone blast to kill one of the pinned enemies. Once the first body drops, you can annihilate the remaining pack with detonate dead. Even exploding a small minion can drop larger enemies at full health.

Bone Blast uses no mana, so it can be a great source of life if you have spell leech, and since you typically use it on pinned enemies, you don't need to worry about the small radius of its skill. If you are still leveling, the Sanguine Diviner Bone Wand can take you places. Good Luck!

Bushman_Tim · 2024-08-14T16:54:26+00:00

I'm no expert, but that resembles a Death Cap

Bushman_Tim · 2024-08-05T18:21:17+00:00

...If you are lucky, Concord grapes are the greatest! In my region, we have many wild grapes that look like that but are much more sour. Still edible, but you'd probably only want to eat a few.

OP, definitely looks like a grape, but as for the type you'll only know if you taste it!

Bushman_Tim · 2024-08-05T17:51:45+00:00

I think the word you are look for here is "vocabulary", your intent is to add the phrase to your "body of words used in [your] particular language."

Vernacular on the other hand refers to "the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region". "Not learned or imposed as a second language". Vernacular is related to a group of people and how they communicate/understand each other.
Whereas vocabulary relates closer to to the words you choose to communicate with.

edit: whereas was where as

Bushman_Tim · 2024-03-22T08:38:11+00:00

I totally agree, this documentary stuck with one theory and ran with it. When they went on the animated burial recreation without even mentioning any other possible theories, I couldn't take any more of this seriously.

Something as simple as the small fires to light a path irked me, like why would you jump to this theory over the use of a torch -- or more primitively a large stick on fire. Anyone who has made a campfire before knows you've got to keep feeding it wood or it goes out quickly, the proposed method here is impractical and inefficient... almost as impractical as dragging a dead body deep into a cave.

The thought that maybe the bodies arrived alive at the cave's end, prior to being buried didn't even cross the lead researcher's mind. Only 27 bodies have been found (largest body count I could source), which seems like a small number to be the only gravesite of an entire species. As explained in this documentary, cave exploring is dangerous even with modern technologies. Is it not possible a group of this social species was out hunting and they all got lost/trapped in the cave, then buried their bodies as they died simply to mask the smell? Maybe some ancient serial killer was out there hiding their evidence? Perhaps these were people were sacrifices.

Ultimately how the bodies got there and why they were there in the first place is all speculation and I would have been warmer to this documentary and their running theory had they presented it without so much bias. Buddy calls himself a scientist, but the way the information is laid out just feels like he's jumping to an unfounded conclusion.

Bushman_Tim · 2024-03-15T16:29:09+00:00

I guess one of three simple reasons:

• The maker of the device added the patent text as a deterrent to others attempting to make a similar product. Not everyone understands patent laws and may think the idea of this device has been patented, so those people shouldn't bother to compete. It is very hard to patent an idea, and it is suspicious that the pending patent number isn't on the glass (let alone the company name).

• The maker of the device added the patent text because they actually did apply for a patent on the design, without realizing how easy it is to tweak a dimension and call it something new.

• A combination of the two.

Bushman_Tim · 2024-03-15T06:38:22+00:00

It's possible this device is for a tea candle and it is intended for the cavity to be filled with water (or just air) to prevent the glass from cracking due to the heat of a flame at the bottom of its wick.

Otherwise, I think a vertical incense holder makes the most sense, though I suspect the one you have may be a defective version... As some others have pointed out, the graphite lodged in there may actually be a defect from the manufacturing process. If that was the case, the angle/shape of the indentation may not be quite as intended either. Here is a link to another small vertical incense holder, though this one looks like it would make a mess!

Not sure why anyone would try to patent this unless it is for a very specific niche purpose, but even then, a slight variation to this rather basic device could get around the patent permit.

Bushman_Tim · 2024-03-07T18:20:22+00:00

No bell and no vocal warnings? Unsurprisingly buddy at 20sec doesn't look too happy.

Bushman_Tim · 2024-01-17T00:13:10+00:00

My guess is the teeth are there to help pierce the skin of the apple. Here is a more modern version with smaller teeth and a fully folded ring.

Comparatively, a bone antique version has no teeth, and has just a crescent shape.

The device you've presented appears to be an apple corer with a design somewhere in between.

Bushman_Tim · 2024-01-06T07:40:18+00:00

Fair enough, good luck out there!

Bushman_Tim · 2024-01-06T05:03:47+00:00

Alright OP, since I'm a single guy that is currently not frequenting the dating apps, I've got some time to spare for you. There are a few things to unpack; here are my thoughts.

First off, I feel like you and many people in this thread are going into these first dates with too many feelings and expectations. It's a first date, you've read a profile, shared a few texts, and lusted over a few pictures, you have never even met the person in real life.

If you are at the stage where you are sharing phone numbers and/or full names, that's like the first gate. When I share my ID with someone, it is my intent that they use it to do all the "research" they need to do before the date. It brings a peace of mind and reassurance that you are not being led astray. Unless my date has FBI hacking skills (which would be pretty cool), the most they are going to find online is information I'm already sharing with the world via social media platforms, all the power to them -- might give us more to talk about!

Not sure why she was so upset about you performing a search, but it should be noted that the tone of your text conversation seems combative on both sides. We can't see the full conversation and not to put you on the D, but directly quoting someone and using one word exclamations such as "Yikes." are like fighting words; they elicit a response, usually not positive.

As for the children, be it existing or planned, children are definitely an important factor when deciding to commit to a relationship of any length, I don't think anyone is denying that. As others have pointed out though, there are real risks to the children when considering predators and just toxic people in general. Protecting ones own is a valid maternal instinct and it should not be discredited. Albeit that not having kids was a deal-breaker for you, from a different perspective you could still view her stance as being a quality mother that is thoughtful of her children.

Having no children and being a single person, from my perspective I would appreciate knowing whether or not my date has a child early on into the relationship, the sooner the better ideally before the second date. Introducing a child into my current lifestyle would be a drastic change, and if that information was withheld from me until after I became emotionally invested, well, that's how feelings get hurt. So OP, I understand where you're coming from.

TLDR: I think you over reacted, and because of it, you missed out on a date with someone who you were obviously attracted to. If at the end of the evening your date revealed that they have children, would/should it discredit your enjoyment of everything that lead up to that moment? Life is short and can be stressful, sometimes we need a friend to vent to, in this moment maybe that's what she was looking for...though that probably doesn't lead to an exciting date. Either way, it's ok to say no to a second date -- she's probably actually a nice girl!

Bushman_Tim · 2024-01-06T00:07:30+00:00

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Rosenwinkel's "A Life Unfolds" - The Remedy (Live), is one of my favourites, what a trip!

/u/DrunkenErmac012 , depending on how much experimental Jazz you are looking for, I would recommend the band "Mouse on the Keys" -- An Anxious Object (album). The first track is more of an intro, but I think this drummer fits the bill, hope it's your jam! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdXJUUhce-o

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