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Mushrooms Guide

By flawless

During your nature travels in our forest areas, you probably came across some mushrooms.
This guide will show you which mushrooms are edible and which ones aren't and their side effects.

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Category: Crafting, Gameplay Basics, Loot, Multiplayer, Secrets, Walkthroughs

Languages: English

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3 Sep, 2018 @ 8:00am

24 Nov, 2024 @ 12:25pm

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Guide Index

Overview

EDIBLE

POISONOUS

Comments

EDIBLE

Agaricus Augustus

Cantharellus Cibarius

Lepiota Procera

Boletus Edulis

Armillaria Mellea

Coprinus Comatus

Lycoperdon Gigantea

Edible mushrooms can be found on the mountains, but there are also poisonous ones, so be careful what you eat. Gigantea (White huge one) can be found in a forest, and they are really good. It gives a lot of sugar and protein. Do not eat all of it at once because it may cause vomiting. While eating it check stomach volume.

POISONOUS

Amanita Muscaria

has the biggest toxin concentration. It's not lethal unless consumed in a huge amount.
About 6 Muscaria mushrooms would likely kill you, but since Muscaria also has the Alpha
amanitin toxin (it's increase can be stopped by Activated charcoal) it's possible
to die from Muscimol if you are consuming Amanita Muscaria often.

has 3 times less the amount of toxin from Amanita Virosa. It should not be lethal unless you eat at least 3 of them.

has the biggest toxin concentration. 7 mushrooms will give you the max amount of toxin.

Psilocybe Cyanescens

is a psychoactive substance that can be found in the Psilocybe Cyanescens mushroom. Poisoning will start when toxin levels reach 10% of the max amount

is the only mushroom containing that particular toxin. It's a highly potent mushroom with 5/5 in game uses. One use is enough to begin your "trip".

Level 1 Severity (Severity 0-1)
Hallucinations
Fatigue

Level 2 Severity (Severity 1-2)
Double vision
Blurred vision (Blurred vision is no longer a periodic side effect, intensity increases as severity rises with a noticeable distant "Depth of field" visual effect)

Level 3 Severity (Severity 2-3)
Disorientation:
Severity 2 (0% intensity)
Severity 3 (50% intensity)

Amanita Virosa

has a slightly lower amount of toxin and will bring the player on the brink of death or even death, unless countered by activated charcoal.

Amantia Phalloides

has the highest amount of toxin and should kill the player after consuming one mushroom once the poisoning runs it's course, unless countered by activated charcoal.

Amanita Pantherina

has even less toxin than Muscaria. It should not be lethal unless you eat at least 5 of them.

has less Muscimol than Muscaria, you would have to eat 8 mushrooms for a lethal dose of toxin.

has a slightly lower toxin concentration. 8 mushrooms will give you the max amount of toxin.
Unlike the other toxins, Ibotenic acid poisoning has only 1 severity level.

Ibotenic acid poisoning after ingesting Amanita Pantherina

Level 1 Severity (Severity 0-1)
Weakness
Severity 0 (0% intensity)
Severity 1 (50% intensity)
Blurred Vision (Blurred vision is no longer a periodic side effect, intensity increases as severity rises with a noticeable distant "Depth of field" visual effect)

How to counter toxins?
ACTIVATED CHARCOAL
Consuming activated charcoal increases the discard rate of all toxins from your metabolism while it's active. At the moment one pill lasts about 4 minutes, and it's recommended to PERIODICALLY take a single tablet to maximize it's efficiency. Activated charcoal will NOT diminish the effects of antibiotics or painkillers.
VOMIT
Alternatively, you can vomit to empty the contents of your stomach after ingesting a foreign substance, that includes toxins found in mushrooms.
Keep in mind that you should do it relatively quickly after ingesting a foreign substance.
Example: Eat a toxic mushroom (eg. Amanita Virosa), check your metabolism for the increasing amount of toxin released into your body after eating and the amount of mushroom in your stomach and intestine. If you vomit quickly enough, the majority of the toxin will be expelled from your body, leaving small amounts that already managed to get transferred from the stomach to the intestine.
If you wait too long, the majority of the toxin will already be transferred to your intestine, and you will expel only a small amount or nothing at all.
Vomiting also empties any other nutrients present in your stomach at the time of vomiting so use with caution.

Vomiting will also expel painkillers, antibiotics and activated charcoal that have not yet been transferred from the stomach to the intestine, so their effects will be diminished.

Activated charcoal countering psilocybin poisoning :

42 Comments

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im_already_dead 14 Mar @ 8:25pm

somewhere between a bit of fun and a lethal dose of psilocybe cyanescens your character will be tormented by many mini puppets causing interference with target lock during interaction with full sized puppets. ive been visited by a crow on numerous occasions and during halloween the drone that does its daily checks appeared as a flaming jack-o-lantern flying though the forest. i believe the most amusing side effect is when an assault rifle is replaced with a wooden stick and when your character pulls the trigger, can be heard saying "pew pew pew".

flawless [author] 24 Nov, 2024 @ 12:26pm

Thanks for letting me know. I have updated the guide and added new photos.

Grenaders3 24 Nov, 2024 @ 10:24am

Images are missing

flawless [author] 14 Jun, 2023 @ 5:41pm

Guide has been updated. Please let me know if anything is missing.

Herr_Lindstrom 13 Jun, 2023 @ 10:20pm

So Psilocybe Cyanescens does some fun things. Do not recommend taking a heroic dose of 12k mg right before delving into a bunker with mechs while hundreds of tiny puppets try to bite my ankles...

flawless [author] 13 Jun, 2023 @ 7:09pm

Updating the guide in the next few days.

Badmiojo 31 May, 2023 @ 7:47am

Great! You save me a lot of time without dying or vomiting

Herr_Lindstrom 2 Nov, 2022 @ 9:53am

Can confirm hella psych trip when you eat 4 Amanita Pantherias... i also hallucinated. what's with the puppet ghost jumpscare when you're searching for loot like holy fuck that scared the fuck out f me. I noped out of that building so fast. now my character is in a field with no clothes on and it's midnight....

flawless [author] 2 Nov, 2022 @ 8:50am

The guide is a bit outdated, as I haven't been playing SCUM for some time now. Will try to update it soon.

Herr_Lindstrom 2 Nov, 2022 @ 12:12am

Ok so all amamitas are edible while the other ones are yuck, got it!

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