At the beginning of my adventure with fungi, I was so scared of touching them. I thought I was going to get poisoned. I could not resist to pull one or two fungi so I could take it home to identify it. Little by little, I became confident about handling them and I learned that ONLY by ingesting them is when you may get ill.
I had a tool apron and I took it with me in my walks. I carried a plastic meter, a knife to cut the samples, a notebook,a pen, and a mirror. Sometimes I don't dare to cut a mushroom's cap when there is only one fruiting body, so I take a photo of it and I place the mirror underneath so I can have one more clue to the fungus identification. Later I changed the apron to a basket to carry all my tools.
The beauty of the fungi adventure resides in the fact that once you start, some kind of 'scan' develops in your brain and your eyes detect them in unsuspected places, like the fungus above.
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