I teach sometimes and a science teacher gave me baby isopods and I carried them in a little jar all day and had my students address them as my children. I’m a little attached lol
Revising my confident yes to a more informed one: the most common species of Leucocoprinus found in plant pots has by some been reported as "potentially mildly toxic to humans". However, given lack of evidence and diffuse/low severity it's more likely that they are merely somewhat hard to digest and may cause some GI upset.
Now, this may all be irrelevant as I don't know if isopods react completely differently, but I would be severely surprised given how common members of this genus are and the resilience of isopods!
TL;DR: I would personally not worry at all, but I sadly cannot point you to a scientific study specifically proving them to be safe for isopods.
There aren't studies like that becouse that would not be funded. There are environmental toxicology studies using isopods.
But isopods are extremely hardy. Everything once decomposes and then isopods could eat it.
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u/krrbystorm 15h ago
Mushroom! Signs of a good ecosystem in your terrarium.