Question 21: Taste

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. Always keep in mind that ingesting a few dozen grams of poisonous mushrooms are enough to kill an adult person!
The taste test is not mandatory, but it can prove efficient to help identify the species of certain families of mushrooms (brittlegills and milkcaps in particular). When in doubt or as a safety measure, 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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