Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do.

Poles pick mushrooms even in wintertime. We talked about in another thread.

Most popular species:

The grey ones: boczniak - oyster mushroom.
The yellow ones: płomienica zimowa - velvet shank
Dark crimson - uszak bzowy - jelly ear
Red and pink - czarka austriacka - scarlet elfcup

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I honestly didn't know that mushrooms can be picked in winter too (I hope my grandma doesn't know about this lol). You learn all your life :))

Have you tried those winter mushrooms? (from the ones mentioned in your post I've heard only of boczniak) They have cool names, btw :)

We have been eating oyster mushrooms since they appeared in shops for the first time about 20 years ago. But recently we have our own crops from the farm - the last harvest was 2 weeks ago.


Yes, I love those names of various species in fungi, plants and animals world

Come to think of it, I might have eaten oyster mushrooms in some bigos without knowing about it :)


I think I remember seeing some photos of yours in one of the threads... But how do you grow wild mushrooms?

You`d better be careful. One day you might eat Psilocibin fungi in your bigos and then you will become badly addicted to the dish. HA!


On trunks. I have shown them in Countryside thread. Simple. :)

I have to agree, some of them do look a little bit like Oyster Mushrooms.
But Oyster Mushrooms are quite tasty.
I still prefer Prawdziwy grzyb.

The latest acquisition to the collection list of Polish mushroom hunters is the American boletus Aureoboletus projectellus. Experts warn it is an invasive species. However, mushroom hunters don`t care and relish on it.

Thank you, America~!!! After providing us with NATO, Honourable Presidents Reagan and Biden, you also gave us a noble mushroom.

It has a beautiful name in Polish - złotoborowik wysmukły - Slender Golden Boletus

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Hey mooli slaw,I would like to send you these mushrooms,that grew in my backyard

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Most Poles consider puffballs inedible mushrooms. But they make a big mistake coz puffballs when young are tasty and delicate.
Here are the ones which grow in our orchard.

As usual in my case, fried. With some leftovers of paella-like dish and mizeria salad.

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Groups of Roma mushroom pickers from Romania often come to Polish forests in high season aka autumn to collect hundreds of kilograms of precious goods.

I wonder why. Romania is abundantly forested, more than Poland. Probably it is due to the forgiving legal status of mushroom picking in Poland - there are no limits whatsoever. You only mustn`t make noise or litter in the forest.

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They certainly collect hallucinogenic mushrooms from which the black-dressed gypsies prepare a decoction at midnight.

While in Europe, mushrooms pickers have to stick to daily limits. If they don`t, they may pay thousands of euros fines.
Thank you, Goddess, for designating me to live in Poland.
On the other hand, why the fekk didn`t you send me to be born in Portugal, far from Russian barbarians????

An informative article about Italian passion for collecting mushrooms. The author claims it is bigger than the Polish one. Amasing!
onet.pl/styl-zycia/onetkobieta/maja-na-grzyby-wieksza-zajawke-niz-polacy-bez-licencji-slono-zaplacisz/nl42xwj,2b83378a

In Italy, some people even walk around with flashlights on their heads and collect in the dark!

The forests here are full of people, regardless of the day of the week. It's nice to see 60- or 80-year-olds racing through these hills better than I can. For them, it's a national sport after football and cycling, " he confesses.

The richness of Italian forests never ceases to surprise Adam. In Lombardy you can pick mushrooms that are very rare or protected in Poland . I myself picked the dark brown boletus, the imperial fly agaric or the royal boletus.