😂 Stages of becoming a mushroom person, ranked by how unhinged you sound to normal people
It starts with "I saw a cool mushroom on a walk." It ends somewhere very different.
Stage 1: "That's a cool mushroom."
Stage 2: "Actually I think that's a Russula. Let me check iNaturalist."
Stage 3: Owns three field guides. Has opinions about which one is best.
Stage 4: Stops eating store mushrooms because "there's no comparison."
Stage 5: "The mycelium is actually a network of— wait, come back."
Stage 6: Yells "DON'T EAT THAT" at strangers in the forest.
Stage 7: Names favourite local fungi like they're pets.
Stage 8: Has considered what glomalin means for regenerative carbon markets.
Stage 9: Knows what glomalin is.
Stage 10: You're reading this post and nodding.
Welcome to Stage 10.
There is no Stage 11.
(There's definitely a Stage 11.)
Tag someone who is currently at Stage 3 and doesn't know Stage 10 is coming 😂 Also — which stage are YOU?
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