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On Sat, 25 Aug 2018 23:39:45 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> This is just evolution and adaptation at work. A necessary weeding
> of the population to prevent Idiocrary. The only thing I would pick
> and eat from the wild is (true) morels.


Even a true morel from the wild can be toxic if it's mycellium is
intertwined with that of a toxic fungus. The mushrooms that almost killed
my dad were of a reliably-identifiable non-toxic species. Eating morels
only from the same location passed-down in family secrecy for generations
is no guarantee that climate change will not create favourable conditions
amenable to growth of toxic mycelium.

Your statement that you would pick & eat wild morels demonstrates that you
have missed this point, thus you risk becoming weeded from the population
yourself for your 'idiocy' as I'm sure you meant to type.