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minus-square@Whelks_chance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•1 year agoI’m less interested in the total number of species, and more interested in my likelihood of holding one
minus-square@CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year ago100/100000 = 1 in 1000 or 0.1% chance its gonna poison you
minus-square@TwentySeven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoPossibly, but which species are more common? Maybe poisonous mushrooms are 0.1% of the number of species, but 10% of the number of mushrooms growing.
minus-square@CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year ago“Maybe” Why not look it up like I did instead of postulating and nothing more?
minus-square@TwentySeven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoMy point is that you did not account for how common each species is
minus-square@psud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI see about 5 unknown mushrooms for every one known deadly one (death cap, growing under the canopy of an oak)
I’m less interested in the total number of species, and more interested in my likelihood of holding one
100/100000 = 1 in 1000 or 0.1% chance its gonna poison you
Possibly, but which species are more common? Maybe poisonous mushrooms are 0.1% of the number of species, but 10% of the number of mushrooms growing.
“Maybe”
Why not look it up like I did instead of postulating and nothing more?
My point is that you did not account for how common each species is
Neither did you
I see about 5 unknown mushrooms for every one known deadly one (death cap, growing under the canopy of an oak)