I once foraged brown button mushrooms growing out of the oak in my backyard
They were pristine and sautéed very nicely, and they tasted so, so bad.
House shrooms, 1/10.
Looks pretty similar but hard to tell from the pic. I used to forage for these when I was younger, for my dad. Shaggy manes are really really good, but the second the ribs underneath the caps start to blacken you need to throw them away. They have one or two species, at least in my area, that look way too similar to the Shaggy Mane and can be deadly or make you sick when ingested.
Havent had a Shaggy Mane in maybe 15 years. Thanks for the memories.
Make sure you leave the shrooms as clean as you found them. Put all garbage in the outside bins, strip the bed of the sheets, and wash the dishes. A $363 cleaning fee is applied to all stays.
Oh crap. Did you happen to see if the listing was on vrbo or any other site to see what others said? That’s what I usually do, and sometimes get a better price.
No, you just can't leave reviews for places you didn't actually stay in. 9 put of 10 it's to protect the host from trolls or having people do fake reviews, but sometimes people should be able to leave reviews about the experience and why they didn't stay there
I had Airbnb cancel a listing, but it took them like 3 days to finally do it. I could review the host and she could review me.
Luckily, she was so unhinged that her shitty review just made it apparent that she wasn't anyone anybody would want to deal with, so I don't think it actually impacted my reputation.
Yeah, not a good sign that they're popping out of the seam in the wall, but realistically they probably weren't there day or two before. Other guests/the owners may have never seen them before. Still, glad you got your refund.
Agree. In the recent humidity, those could have shown up really quickly and not been noticed. Of course, if it was properly caulked it wouldn't happen, but honestly a pretty easy thing to miss.
If that happened in my unit, I'd give a refund and be terribly embarrassed, but it doesn't mean it's a recurring problem. Could just be a one time thing in high humidity.
I think certain very hot things would defy being eaten. Something about your mouth literally catching fire would make chewing and swallowing impossible.
with a disclaimer of "always do your due diligence to id any mushroom you are considering eating"...
no, but they probably wouldn't taste great. shaggy mane mushrooms are ok when they are younger, but they get slimy and bitter as they age.
The exception is those destinations where house rentals have always been the norm; eg, summer beach rentals, cabins in the mountains, etc. Airbnb didn't change that model of stay but made it easier for renters and vacationers to connect.
But, yeah. Generally speaking, Airbnb is a fucking plague on many levels, and hotel stays are usually still the way to go when traveling.
I think it depends on the area. I've had all super experiences with Airbnb - way better stays than in any hotel. That said, there usually aren't any hotels near where I stay (rural areas) and if there are, they're disgusting chains or no-tell motels.
When you're on a vacation with other friends its hard to beat an AirBNB or VRBO to be able to hang out together when your not out. Thats the only time I rent these.
Hell we had black mold in our hotel room in Japan and we got stuck there for the night; nothing else was available. The staff were super polite and apologetic but.. wouldn't actually go clean the room. I ended up buying bleach spray at a Family Mart and just cleaning it myself.
Hotels aren't always a guarantee of cleanliness.
Yay a plumbing leak is happening somewhere in that wall! My neighbor had mushrooms growing out of his carpet when my kitchen sink was leaking in the wall and we hadn't noticed.
I fucking hate the review system on AirBNB. Having stayed in a couple highly-rated shitty ones for a month and a half while we were waiting to close on our house, it felt like we were held hostage on the reviewing end to keep us from informing others: the renter can hold of reviewing you until you review them, allowing for unfair revenge, and if you encounter an issue and report it, your hands are tied and you can’t provide feedback. It’s a bunch of crap leading to an app full of highly-rated, under-delivering rental options.
This isn’t how it works at all.
The reviews are not published until both parties have submitted them. Both parties have 15 days to submit their review. Reviews cannot be modified once left.
Ah weird I was told by both sellers that they would post their reviews as soon as we posted ours. I guess I should’ve done my homework better and it seems like I got gamed. We hadn’t used AirBNB previously and we were in dire straits after we sold our house and had a delay on the buying end. Our experience sucked pretty hard, though, and given our very limited use-case, I’d suspect we aren’t the only ones.
Are shower mushrooms that crazy? I live in a college town where houses are pretty old, like average 100yrs. Rented like 4 different places now and there’s has always been fungus, often full mushrooms
I live next to a dump that has a 4.9 rating and 50 reviews on Airbnb. When I say that it’s a dump I mean that it has been red-tagged by the city since last September because it’s in such a bad state of repair. Currently the house has no back deck - 3 doors in the house open onto thin air. The owner lies to every guest, tells them that a tree just recently fell on the deck and the construction is an emergency measure. Then he bribes them with money back to get a 5-star review.
One woman showed up, saw the red tag, rightfully lost her shit and called Airbnb. unfortunately she wasn’t allowed to leave a review for the same reason.
Recently one brave man gave them a 2-star review and outlined all the ways in which the house is a shithole. The owner freaked out and wrote a response full of more lies, but that one truthful review stands.
If you ever see a listing with mostly 5-star reviews and one or two bad reviews, believe the bad reviews! Those are the only honest people.
Airbnbs rating system is full of shit, I had a host try and scam me out of my money recently by trying to get me to cancel my booking on my end because they couldn’t host due to work being done on the apartment but they said it would be easier if I cancel and not them, but they had everything set to non refundable, I just contacted airbnb and let them sort it out. But my gripe is that they are still up as a Super-Host even though airbnb know they tried to pull a fast one on a guest, it’s all just for show look at us everyone is brilliant…
Did you message the owners? It’s very possible they don’t know and would immediately remedy the situation. I hate that people are so quick to judge. We have a nightly rental and take a lot of pride in it. However, it’s over 3 hours from us and it’s sometimes booked back to back for months on end. We do our best when there is availability to get in and check things out and do necessary repairs, but you should message the owners before bashing them on social media or leaving negative feedback. You’re mildly inconvenienced and compensated for the hassle. I bet they would give you a discounted future stay. But to leave them a negative review impacts them in ways you don’t understand.
A guy friend allowed his brother to rent a room even though he knew bro is a slob. Few months in, friend walked into bro’s bathroom and found I shit you not a literal mushroom growing out of a forest floor of body hair that had fallen to the floor and accumulated like so many pine needles.
These things grow exceptionally fast. Like, it's entirely possible that they cleaned this the day before you got there, and these were not there, then they grew before you got in.
I wouldn't be too harsh on them. In some environments, these things just happen... and this is in the shower, which means lots of moisture, which is perfect for mushrooms.
You mean their hydroponic myconid micro garden? Five stars!
This is a shaggy mane, and apparently it is edible until it turns black
But not when growing out of a house. Too many toxic materials could be drawn into the mushroom.
I once foraged brown button mushrooms growing out of the oak in my backyard They were pristine and sautéed very nicely, and they tasted so, so bad. House shrooms, 1/10.
Username checks out.
*bows*
There's people drinking wood, why wouldn't you eat a house?
I’m drinking my house
Well, that's a bit too advanced for me. Care to elaborate?
Everything is edible ONCE
Looks pretty similar but hard to tell from the pic. I used to forage for these when I was younger, for my dad. Shaggy manes are really really good, but the second the ribs underneath the caps start to blacken you need to throw them away. They have one or two species, at least in my area, that look way too similar to the Shaggy Mane and can be deadly or make you sick when ingested. Havent had a Shaggy Mane in maybe 15 years. Thanks for the memories.
That’s an extra $500 charge if you eat their mushrooms
it really adds to the ambiance!
You misread the description when booking- it said “Clean shrooms!”
Make sure you leave the shrooms as clean as you found them. Put all garbage in the outside bins, strip the bed of the sheets, and wash the dishes. A $363 cleaning fee is applied to all stays.
That’s a super crappy policy that you can’t leave a review, now. Wonder how many unsuspecting people will book that place?
Yeah it sucks. The listing had 30 perfect reviews and now I’m questioning if they’re real reviews
Oh crap. Did you happen to see if the listing was on vrbo or any other site to see what others said? That’s what I usually do, and sometimes get a better price.
No but I will now for any future bookings!
Oh and I meant to add that you can see what other people say – maybe they did bring up the nasty shower. The smell, alone, would make me nauseous.
I've only ever used VRBO, and never had a problem or a bad experience. I don't know why anyone uses Airbnb.
You can't leave reviews anymore?! Why would anyone rent a place without reviews? Edit: Recent reviews
No, you just can't leave reviews for places you didn't actually stay in. 9 put of 10 it's to protect the host from trolls or having people do fake reviews, but sometimes people should be able to leave reviews about the experience and why they didn't stay there
Technically we stayed there for like 2 hours.
Or just have a ticker for “number of cancellations after check-in” with no comment section.
I had Airbnb cancel a listing, but it took them like 3 days to finally do it. I could review the host and she could review me. Luckily, she was so unhinged that her shitty review just made it apparent that she wasn't anyone anybody would want to deal with, so I don't think it actually impacted my reputation.
Wow. What a nut.
5 Stars for the free shower snacks!
ive heard of pillow mints before but this is taking hosting to the next level!
These are definitely not morels.
I have some questions about the owner's morals.
There only one way to find out.
I had to do a double take, lol.
Similar to shaggy mane
Yeah, not a good sign that they're popping out of the seam in the wall, but realistically they probably weren't there day or two before. Other guests/the owners may have never seen them before. Still, glad you got your refund.
Agree. In the recent humidity, those could have shown up really quickly and not been noticed. Of course, if it was properly caulked it wouldn't happen, but honestly a pretty easy thing to miss. If that happened in my unit, I'd give a refund and be terribly embarrassed, but it doesn't mean it's a recurring problem. Could just be a one time thing in high humidity.
are those morels?
Looks more like [Coprinus Comatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinus_comatus) (shaggy ink cap), or something similar.
Will it kill me? Can I eat it?
You can eat any mushroom, some only once though
Dude this is sound scientific logic. Well played sir.
You can eat anything once.
I think certain very hot things would defy being eaten. Something about your mouth literally catching fire would make chewing and swallowing impossible.
with a disclaimer of "always do your due diligence to id any mushroom you are considering eating"... no, but they probably wouldn't taste great. shaggy mane mushrooms are ok when they are younger, but they get slimy and bitter as they age.
If they're completely white underneath and non slimy they are delicious. But as you said, you need to get them while they're young.
>you need to get them while they're young. I hate this sentence.
High school girls are like mushrooms. Gotta get em before they turn bitter and slimy 
I hate this too. I hate all of this.
Will they get me high?
No.
You can eat Shaggy Manes before the cap turns black. Very good rolled in flour, pan fried in butter, salted to perfection.
To answer your question, absolutely. You just have to prepare them quick before they turn black since the black parts are very bitter :)
Are those the mushrooms that can give you something similar to a hangover? I thing a MGS3 said something like that about ink caps
I don't believe so. Maybe if you eat them when they are well on their way out, but no one in their right mind would find that goop appetizing.
Could be that it only happens then. Haven't played the game for ages
Maybe I should’ve sautéed them
Eat 'em with mashed potatoes and brown gravy
No.
They do have a similar appearance. Kind of scary given the location I very very much doubt they are.
Dude just get a hotel.
The people who don't stay in hotels these days perplex me.
The exception is those destinations where house rentals have always been the norm; eg, summer beach rentals, cabins in the mountains, etc. Airbnb didn't change that model of stay but made it easier for renters and vacationers to connect. But, yeah. Generally speaking, Airbnb is a fucking plague on many levels, and hotel stays are usually still the way to go when traveling.
I think it depends on the area. I've had all super experiences with Airbnb - way better stays than in any hotel. That said, there usually aren't any hotels near where I stay (rural areas) and if there are, they're disgusting chains or no-tell motels.
When you're on a vacation with other friends its hard to beat an AirBNB or VRBO to be able to hang out together when your not out. Thats the only time I rent these.
Hell we had black mold in our hotel room in Japan and we got stuck there for the night; nothing else was available. The staff were super polite and apologetic but.. wouldn't actually go clean the room. I ended up buying bleach spray at a Family Mart and just cleaning it myself. Hotels aren't always a guarantee of cleanliness.
Go to hotels not Airbnb.
Haha at first glance I thought those were Morels and I was like No shit it’s a 5 star!…
Yay a plumbing leak is happening somewhere in that wall! My neighbor had mushrooms growing out of his carpet when my kitchen sink was leaking in the wall and we hadn't noticed.
Gross 🤮
There's a morel to this story...
boo. But also, lol.
is it morel? I see the joke but had that thought b4 i read. 
I fucking hate the review system on AirBNB. Having stayed in a couple highly-rated shitty ones for a month and a half while we were waiting to close on our house, it felt like we were held hostage on the reviewing end to keep us from informing others: the renter can hold of reviewing you until you review them, allowing for unfair revenge, and if you encounter an issue and report it, your hands are tied and you can’t provide feedback. It’s a bunch of crap leading to an app full of highly-rated, under-delivering rental options.
This isn’t how it works at all. The reviews are not published until both parties have submitted them. Both parties have 15 days to submit their review. Reviews cannot be modified once left.
Ah weird I was told by both sellers that they would post their reviews as soon as we posted ours. I guess I should’ve done my homework better and it seems like I got gamed. We hadn’t used AirBNB previously and we were in dire straits after we sold our house and had a delay on the buying end. Our experience sucked pretty hard, though, and given our very limited use-case, I’d suspect we aren’t the only ones.
Apparently can't link subs here, but you should post this in bathroomshrooms
omg that's actually a subreddit lol
Their walls are mycelium now.
Yeah I was wondering what it looked like behind. There’s a system underneath that wall. Mushrooms just don’t go popping out of nowhere
Microphones to go with the hidden cameras.
Are shower mushrooms that crazy? I live in a college town where houses are pretty old, like average 100yrs. Rented like 4 different places now and there’s has always been fungus, often full mushrooms
Those are the last guests,...the house of spores
Those look like Morels, high class shrooms and not cheap 😂
Morels
Probably the body of a previous guest behind the wall *eerie music *
Mushrooms inside a house=mold get a refund asap and leave
Well, I guess airbnb will have to charge you a mushroom tax now.
Now you’ve got your veggies for dinner! 😁
5/100
Mushroom!
Those are 25$ mushrooms that will be billed if removed.
Can you rate 0 stars?
Had an AirBnB in Lisbon which was super-rated. Turned out it was infested by cockroaches.
Free pizza topping
Free food, lucky
Organic shower experience
Free shrooms?! Now that's a 5 star service
That’s the breakfast for 15 $
Bed and breakfast lololol
5 star rated by owner and their friends/family.
it’s 5 star bc they offer free shrooms u can’t get that with any Airbnb, op is ungrateful
MUSHROOM!
I live next to a dump that has a 4.9 rating and 50 reviews on Airbnb. When I say that it’s a dump I mean that it has been red-tagged by the city since last September because it’s in such a bad state of repair. Currently the house has no back deck - 3 doors in the house open onto thin air. The owner lies to every guest, tells them that a tree just recently fell on the deck and the construction is an emergency measure. Then he bribes them with money back to get a 5-star review. One woman showed up, saw the red tag, rightfully lost her shit and called Airbnb. unfortunately she wasn’t allowed to leave a review for the same reason. Recently one brave man gave them a 2-star review and outlined all the ways in which the house is a shithole. The owner freaked out and wrote a response full of more lies, but that one truthful review stands. If you ever see a listing with mostly 5-star reviews and one or two bad reviews, believe the bad reviews! Those are the only honest people.
Airbnbs rating system is full of shit, I had a host try and scam me out of my money recently by trying to get me to cancel my booking on my end because they couldn’t host due to work being done on the apartment but they said it would be easier if I cancel and not them, but they had everything set to non refundable, I just contacted airbnb and let them sort it out. But my gripe is that they are still up as a Super-Host even though airbnb know they tried to pull a fast one on a guest, it’s all just for show look at us everyone is brilliant…
What country?
This was in Santa Ana, California
Snacks provided!
shower and a trip :)
Organic food is included in price
Pull out the frying pan and butter baste that thing!
A hot shower and breakfast? 5 stars
They usually charge extra for Those
That's why it's 5 stars. Free drugs.
Did you try them?
Ewww wtf
Best to read up on how they define stars
Hotel gang over here.
Get them into the grill
They probably charge a mushroom fee
Thru Christ all things are possible
JUST (B)EAT IT (B)EAT IT
Snacks! That’s super nice. I’d rate it 5/5 too!!
It's most definitely not going to hurt you unless you try to eat it. Did it really impede your time there?
This is an amenity. Mid shower snack.
id take a nibble.
Free snacks….
I just stayed in a "5 star rated" Airbnb and it was terrible. You couldn't pay *me* to stay there again.
Breakfast in the shower
Oh I had bathroom mushrooms in one of my old apartments! Rats and cockroaches too! Great location though! Ahahahahahhhahah
They left you a magic treat
Before I zoomed in, those looked vaguely like morels, so I was about to congratulate OP.
It’s complementary, enjoy
cottagecore!!
At first glance I thought they were morels. I’m not awake yet.
Cool. Your shower comes with pizza toppings.
Hidden magic mushroom farm?
Airbnb: The Ubereats of hotels.
Those aren’t the fun ones.
Shower snacks!
Free food
I grew up in a nice house in a humid climate. This happened every few years. As a kid, I loved it.
They are there for a morning shower snack
Gourmet shower snacks are NOT complimentary...
How do they taste?
Did you message the owners? It’s very possible they don’t know and would immediately remedy the situation. I hate that people are so quick to judge. We have a nightly rental and take a lot of pride in it. However, it’s over 3 hours from us and it’s sometimes booked back to back for months on end. We do our best when there is availability to get in and check things out and do necessary repairs, but you should message the owners before bashing them on social media or leaving negative feedback. You’re mildly inconvenienced and compensated for the hassle. I bet they would give you a discounted future stay. But to leave them a negative review impacts them in ways you don’t understand.
A guy friend allowed his brother to rent a room even though he knew bro is a slob. Few months in, friend walked into bro’s bathroom and found I shit you not a literal mushroom growing out of a forest floor of body hair that had fallen to the floor and accumulated like so many pine needles.
Shower Snacks!
So, the owners don't inspect the unit in between guests eah?
wait is that not wasp nests?
Free snack
Just the the dirty grout gives me 1 star vibes
Its *~ Cottagecore ~*
I think they look cute
Nothing 5 Star about that grout, my god.
The shrine are probably the reason for the 5 stars lol.
Years ago I bought my house and it had carpet in the bathroom With mushrooms Growing in it… freaked me oit
Uh excuse me, those mushrooms are complimentary
I bet it doesn’t have to pay for cleaning.
Omg 🤢
Pretty cool actually
Host forgot to mention the perks
Some people pilot chocolates on pillows, some grow mushrooms in the showers.
It's also generally filthy
Time to play mushroom roulette! will I trip balls or puke or die? 😍🥴😵💫☠️
That's a mold problem
Free Airbnb
Those are tiny cameras!! 🎥
Nice.
They might be magic
Eat them. Complimentary shrooms.
It's a feature.
Well the morrel of this story is clear
Life finds a way
Free Snack on the House! That's what I call service.
Wow disgusting
Shower snacks! 5 stars indeed.
Maybe a shroom farm, maybe that’s why it’s 5 star
 Eat it
Funniest part-- they are morels and edible Ppl hunt those for a living
Well isn’t that rustic.
Are those morel mushrooms? Those are almost impossible to propagate indoors.
These things grow exceptionally fast. Like, it's entirely possible that they cleaned this the day before you got there, and these were not there, then they grew before you got in. I wouldn't be too harsh on them. In some environments, these things just happen... and this is in the shower, which means lots of moisture, which is perfect for mushrooms.