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A surprising number of people seem to think that. No correlation AFAICT. Some of the best mushrooms are colorful (eg. chanterelles).

• somehnguy 7y ago
  Chanterelles are great because there are only 2 other mushrooms that are even close in resemblance and neither of them is particularly poisonous. One just tastes bad and the other will cause a stomach ache. They're also very easy to tell apart from the real deal even for a novice like me. Harvested and ate a bunch a few weekends ago with a buddy. Delicious.
  • amatecha 7y ago
    Word - I just foraged a bunch of them recently! Once you find them, more are usually nearby! Also, once you've had them on hand enough, it becomes easy to identify them with a very high degree of certainty.
  • pugworthy 7y ago
    Absolutely - like the perfect mushroom being super unique, and super tasty.
  • mda 7y ago
    You mean Omphalotus olearius and Hygrophoropsis aurantica? First one could be very nasty, maybe not deadly but very painful. Easily possible to confuse with Cantharellus cibarius, See https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(15)00475-5/pdf https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(15)00475-5/pdf
    • somehnguy 7y ago
      Yup the Jack 'o Lantern and False Chanterelle. I misremembered, I guess it is more than a mild stomach ache (but still not likely to really hurt you). But it looks nothing like the chanterelle as long as your criteria includes more than 'its orange'.