r/HotPeppers • u/TheAngryCheeto • Aug 18 '24

Are ghost peppers considered superhots? Discussion

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I picked my first red ghost pepper and I've been trying little slivers with dinner. It's the first pepper I've tried that was hotter than a habanero.

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u/TheAngryCheeto Aug 18 '24

See that scares me haha because for all I know, I tried a ghost pepper with a little more heat than a habanero. So the next one I try might burn a hole in my stomach xD

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u/CodyRebel Aug 18 '24

Plants and fungi in general are like this. They produce varying levels of alkaloids present in the fruits due to environmental changes and stressors, lack of water or too much water, as well as genetic variations.

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u/ExpressionPitiful857 Aug 19 '24

I wonder why you knew mushrooms act in similar ways. Hmmmmmmmmm

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u/CodyRebel Aug 19 '24

What are you implying? Interestingly enough mushrooms and humans are more closely related than humans are to plants.

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u/ExpressionPitiful857 Aug 19 '24

Was just joking, usually people know potency related things about mushrooms because of psilocybin and how one mushroom can be x10 the other.