Shrooms

[HewesHort]

Originally Posted by darc

... just a tiny bit of a 'bad' mushroom will kill you dead... or at least turn your guts inside out and place them in the toilet with a severe amount of pain accompanying it.

-darc

LOL, Well said!!!

[beckdg]

i'm with allyn and darc on this one... you'll need some pizza, shaker cheese and your favorite hot sauce. make sure you have bread, milk, water and a toilet nearby and 911 on speed dial. you should know if it's poisonous by the time the paramedics arrive.

no, seriously - baking/boiling beforehand can help prevent this, but is not always effective. anything that works 100% of the time can also harm your pets though, so we role with the punches. the scorpions should not eat them though, so i'd just enjoy them.

[Pavel]

If you have shrooms popping up with that much regularity, my first remark to you is -- are you sure you're not keeping the tank TOO moist/wet?

Btw, if you really want to see some cool yet disgusting things, check out some of the material out there on parasites. It is amazing some of the adaptations that have occurred.

[silver fang]

springtails also do wonders for controlling mushrooms, i know this post is super late but fust came across this thread