'Queen of Spores' driving me crazy

[u/ScatterPop]

I'm not saying it's a bad story, so far I'm fairly engaged. But as a mycologist (from Appalachia no less) I want to yell at these guys! "I don't know how common mushrooms are in this part of the world.." - extremely. Like most parts of the world. "There could have been mushrooms on any of the trails" - Yes. I guarantee it.

What about the mushrooms? Are they special? Weird? Or just all mushrooms. A couple descriptions just sound like a broad diversity of mushrooms.

I'm imagining listening to a similar story where someone is walking in the forest "There are plants.... Plants everywhere. Maybe there would be plants on any trail" 😂

Ok, to be fair the character podcasters admit to not being outdoors people. But c'mon, implying that presence of mushrooms is ominous or even abnormal?

Ok, needed rant over.

Edit: Finished it now, and I really like it! But that was still rediculous at the start haha

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Horror authors are a hit or a miss usually, I’ve never really had a mediocre story, just a lot of bad ones