User talk:Mtmanjohn

Hello Mtnmanjohn,

Thanks for adding some valuable content to the Editble Wild Plants honor. I have always taught my Pathfinders to stay away from mushrooms for the very reasons you have expressed. I would outright delete the requirement except that it asks the Pathfinder to identify, not eat. I do concede that it does call them edible though, so a strong warning such as the one you have added is highly appropriate.

I think it might even be a good idea to leave the information out that I added sometime ago, and suggest that this requirement be replaced with something requiring equal effort, but safer. Perhaps this would be appropriate:

'''Though some mushrooms are edible, explain the dangers of collecting them in the wild. Why are wild mushrooms so dangerous to eat?'''

BTW, are you the same John of http://www.edibleplants.com/ ?

--Jomegat 00:26, 7 November 2007 (UTC)