Lightning Talk - Mushroom Foraging: These Probably Won't Kill You

How is foraging for mushrooms like software testing? Both of them have requirements that need to be strictly followed in order to be correct.

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1. Mushroom Foraging
   Thes
   e Probably Won’t Ki
   ll
   Y
   o
   @jennydoesthings
   

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2. There are bold
   mushroom hunters
   and there are old
   mushroom hunters.
   
   
   There are none that
   are both.
   

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3. Chanterelle
   Yellow to bright orange
   
   
   False gills
   
   
   Grows on leaf litter
   
   
   Grows individually—does
   NOT grow in clumps
   
   
   Does not glow in the dark
   

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4. Chanterelle - Color
   
   
   Yellow to Bright Orange
   

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5. Chanterelle - Underside
   
   
   False Gills
   

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6. Chanterelle - DELICIOUS
   

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7. Chicken of the Woods
   Yellow to bright orange
   
   
   Polypore
   
   
   Grows on trees
   (including underground
   roots)
   

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8. Chicken of the Woods - Color
   
   
   Yellow to Orange
   

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9. Chicken of the Woods - Underside
   
   
   Polypore
   

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10. Chicken of the Woods -
    DELICIOUS
    

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11. Lion’s Mane
    White to off white
    
    
    Toothed
    
    
    Grows on trees
    
    
    Weirdly fuzzy
    

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12. Lion’s Mane - Habitat
    
    
    On Trees. High High Up On Trees
    

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13. Lion’s Mane - DELICIOUS
    

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