Edible wild mushroom identification book written by AI

[jpanhalt]

@Infraviolet
Have you read the theory of why some plants have capsaicin in their seeds and others do not?  I find it intriguing, but won't spoil it for you.  Hint, only mammals are susceptible to capsaicin.

[tggzzz]

I suppose it's conceivable that spores might be built to survive a digestive system. This paper,
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2478712/
suggests such a mechanism for yeasts vs. fruit flies.

Some exploit the digestive system. Consider the lifecycle of Cordyceps militaris: caterpillar eats spore, spore eats caterpillar. I wash my hands needlessly carefully after picking them

There's also the Chinese medicine Ophiocordyceps sinensis

[jpanhalt]

There is also Bacillus popilliae (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_spore ) that can be used to get rid of grubs.  A friend and I had planned to try to get it to sporulate in vitro on a commercial scale.  Unfortunately, he was severely disabled in an accident, and we couldn't continue that work.   That was in the 1980's.   By now, others may have succeeded.