Scientists discover world's most bitter substance — in a non-toxic mushroom

Scientists have discovered the world's most bitter substance, and shockingly, it's not the collected tears of Tesla shareholders. As reported in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, it's in a mushroom called Amaropostia stiptica.

This mushroom contains a compound so bitter that one gram dissolved in 16,000 liters of water still tastes like Rudy Giuliani's hair dye. — Read the rest

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