Out of the thousands of edible mushrooms out there, we foragers look for the most delicious and fleshiest ones. This is the list of the top ones, which make our heart beat faster no matter how many of them we find. 1. Truffles The most delicious mushrooms are also hardest to find…

Morels are among the most valued mushrooms in the world. With the information in this post and just a little training, you can join the ranks of the foragers that successfully look for morels in the spring. Identifying morel mushrooms Morels are quite unique. You can recognize them at first glance as their…

While researching the internet, I was surprised by the number of sources that claim wrinkled thimble-caps (Verpa bohemica) are poisonous. It is a delicious mushroom that the internet clouded in myths. Edibility The early morel (aka wrinkled thimble-cap), like all edible wild mushrooms, requires heat preparation. It doesn’t contain any poisonous…

As nature awakens, so does our inner forager. Let’s talk about the species that we can safely forage during spring. 1. Morel mushrooms Oh, the divine morels. There was no chance that I would start this list with any other mushrooms. Morels are loved and thought-after by almost anyone who knows them for…

It might surprise you that just a small number of mushrooms are really deadly. This list actually has most of them. How many of them do you know? 13. Livid pinkgill (Entoloma sinuatum) Livid pinkgill is very similar to St. George’s mushrooms, which are quite popular in Europe. The poisoning causes severe gastrointestinal problems and…