Question 10: Taste of flesh

Taste is an interesting character, but with which one must be extremely careful. In particular, NEVER EVER CHEW OR SWALLOW an unknown mushroom to evaluate its taste.
The taste test is not mandatory, but it can prove efficient to help identify the species of certain boletes. When in doubt, you can always select "I don't know" in order to deactivate this criterion.

To evaluate a mushroom's taste more safely (but truly also less accurately), proceed as follows:

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