UArizona student discovers rare, purple mushroom on Mount Lemmon

[Ptah]

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The University of Arizona is crediting one of its students for discovering a rare, purple mushroom on Mount Lemmon.

Caitlin Dowd, senior studying geology, found the rare mushroom on their second foraging expedition.

"I consider myself just a total amateur forager," Dowd said. "It was a big surprise when we found it."

According to researchers, this is the first documented Entoloma occidentale in all of Arizona.

https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/uarizona-student-discovers-rare-purple-mushroom-near-mount-lemmon

[SergeStorms]

1. Who'll be the first student....

to pop it in their mouth to test it's psychotropic properties?

There's one in every class, or so it seems.

[Xoan]

2. Purple haze?

[SergeStorms]

3. Or a one way ticket.....

to a six foot deep hole in the ground.

A lot of people have died from "experimenting" with unknown edibles. People still make mistakes in this day and age by consuming misidentified fungi.

Not something I'd want to mess with without rigorous testing done first.

[eppur_se_muova]

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