# Mushroom Identification

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-identification/788326>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 7, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-identification/788326 "2017-06-07T00:22:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-identification/788326/21 "2017-06-07T15:05:25Z")

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There’s a mushroom that causes people to have kittens ???

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-identification/788326/22 "2017-06-07T15:06:07Z")

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The top one is Common Ivy - the next is Purging Buckthorn - and the one at the bottom (which happily, is edible and delicious) is the Black Mulberry

NB: and if we were talking about blueberries, the potential for deadly confusion is massive.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-identification/788326/23 "2017-06-07T15:07:08Z")

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> [@watchwolf49](#):
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> There’s a mushroom that causes people to have kittens ???

Only if they move to Oregon.

At least I think I read that right.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-identification/788326/24 "2017-06-07T15:26:57Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> The top one is Common Ivy - the next is Purging Buckthorn - and the one at the bottom (which happily, is edible and delicious) is the Black Mulberry

General advice: Never eat anything with “purging” in its name.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-identification/788326/25 "2017-06-07T17:24:39Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> NB: and if we were talking about blueberries, the potential for deadly confusion is massive.

Yeah, I know little about little black/blue berries, but enough to once convince my brother to not eat something that looked a lot like [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_americanum#/media/File:Solanum_americanum_(4898754585).jpg) we found in the wild.

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**Author:** ![Doubticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Doubticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubticus)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-identification/788326/26 "2017-06-07T20:34:31Z")

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The only wild mushroom I’ll eat are morels. Their appearance, texture and smell are pretty distinctive.

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