It’s pretty simple to gain the knowledge, learn an edible species, learn the lookalikes, and maybe take them to a local mycology club and ask for an ID confirmation the first few times to make sure.
If you avoid little brown mushrooms and pure white mushrooms, know what a deathcap looks like, and don’t spend years eating Paxillus involutus without ever looking it up, then you’re not going to end up eating any deadly or psychedelic species.
It’s pretty simple to gain the knowledge, learn an edible species, learn the lookalikes, and maybe take them to a local mycology club and ask for an ID confirmation the first few times to make sure.
If you avoid little brown mushrooms and pure white mushrooms, know what a deathcap looks like, and don’t spend years eating Paxillus involutus without ever looking it up, then you’re not going to end up eating any deadly or psychedelic species.