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Welcome to the Hunt Gather Talk podcast. In this episode I talk about how to get into mushroom hunting — safely.
I get asked a lot about this topic, and it isn’t an easy one to answer. But it’s just a question of time, not difficulty, so the podcast is a great way to talk you through it. For starters, know that mushroom hunting is a journey. You start with a very few edible mushrooms you are looking for, and you expand your knowledge bit by bit until you get to the lofty heights of someone like David Arora, or Gary Lincoff, or Connie Green. It takes decades, but it’s a fun process. This podcast will get you started.
For all of my mushroom recipes and info, you can browse this page. And for more information on mushroom foraging you can go to these articles of mine:
- Foraging for yellowfoot chanterelles
- Hunting morels in the West
- Identifying meadow mushrooms
- How to identify and cook honey mushrooms
- Finding sparassis, the cauliflower mushroom
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Hi Hank,
Love the podcast so far. Tons of great information for a newbie to the US like me. I moved to California a few years ago and just getting back into mushrooms. Can you share your favorite books on identifying California mushrooms?
Thue: Best books are the two by David Arora, and California Mushrooms
by Dennis Desjardin et al.