Taste testing is a tool for mushroom identification, not in this case because it’s actually quite easy to identify A. Phalloides without tasting it, I did it out of curiosity.
There is a species called russula that edibility is identified by tasting the raw mushroom to detect if they have some “pepperiness” (not edible when they have it).
What they mean is that there is no mushroom that will kill you from touch or even chewing and then spitting. Amanita Phaloides needs around 20g of dry mushroom to kill a healthy human. I chewed some before and spat it out just to know what it tastes like, the only reason I won’t send a video of me doing it is because I want to stay anonymous.
There are however some scleroderma that can cause conjunctivitis from touching them and then touching your eyes.
The irony is that the pumpkin actually captured quite a bit of carbon
Soffritto 🤌