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minus-squareWhelks_chance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoI’m less interested in the total number of species, and more interested in my likelihood of holding one
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI see about 5 unknown mushrooms for every one known deadly one (death cap, growing under the canopy of an oak)
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years ago100/100000 = 1 in 1000 or 0.1% chance its gonna poison you
minus-squareTwentySeven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years 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-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years ago“Maybe” Why not look it up like I did instead of postulating and nothing more?
minus-squareTwentySeven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoMy point is that you did not account for how common each species is
I’m less interested in the total number of species, and more interested in my likelihood of holding one
I see about 5 unknown mushrooms for every one known deadly one (death cap, growing under the canopy of an oak)
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