public library result: 6 childrens books on what a mushroom is, how to identify mushrooms in [local area], one book on chemistry for beginners
university library result: heres a book detailing the exact process to use to extract poison from a mushroom in extreme detail and also a book on every single effect a mushroom’s poison can have on someone complete with historical case studies, because thats what you want to do is poison someone, huh? is that what you want to do? huh? pussy?
I need to know what the title is.
for reasons.
“Handbook of Mushroom Poisoning: Diagnosis and Treatment” edited by David G. Spoerke and Barry H. Rumack!!
i also checked out “Mushrooms: Poison and Panaceas: A Handbook for Naturalists, Mycologists, and Physicians”, which seems waaaayyy less technical and easier to read, but it lacks some of the details i wanted (like the chemical structures of the mushrooms and how that factors into their effects).
another one i’ve chilled with in the library before and wanted to check out but couldn’t find was “A colour atlas of poisonous fungi: a handbook for pharmacists, doctors, and biologists” by Andreas Bresinsky and Helmut Besl, which is just as accessible in terms of being a general reader for Browsing Those Danger Lads and is waaaayyy more affordable than the other two from what i can see.
I’m so glad you guys liked the first set of the KH-inspired shoes! Here’s another set! I hope to make more soon, been a virery bad few weeks due to depression.
hmmmm okay i really want to talk about the session i was at at the conference that discussed how venus fly traps evolved from sundews but im not sure if i remember it correctly. all the data from that symposium + more is published in this new book reviewing all the modern work on carnivorous plants called Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution. now on one hand, its incredibly fascinating stuff and id love to have my own copy. on the other hand, its $100 and im poor. on another other hand, my library at school has a copy and i can wait to talk about it. unless i want my own copy to add to my expanding aesthetically pleasing collection of botany books. and ill need to wait a month to talk about it. and it’s a fairly long textbook for the price, some 500 pages, which really isnt bad. and i love them. and i have a job so like i wont die immediately. and i got some money for my birthday. but its still 10 hours worth of work. but maybe its worth it. and its really new research. an
good lord the table of contents alone is 15 pages long
i had to order my textbooks for school anyway so i may or may not have indulged and just lumped it in with all the other expensive books i had to buy……..supplemented with some money i got from work/for my birthday….worth it? we’ll soon find out
when i get it ill use it to verify the stuff i remember from the conference and make a post on how we think venus fly traps evolved
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