Like many mushroom harvesters, I got interested in foraging for fungi during the COVID-19 pandemic. I had been preparing for ...

PITTSBURGH — When it comes to wild mushroom foraging, Barbora Batokova has a simple rule for beginners: learn what can kill you, then go have fun. Batokova, 38, works in tech and software but a ...

In mushroom foraging, there’s little room for error. Researcher Rick Claypool learned this the hard way. A few months into his foraging hobby, Claypool picked a ...

Harvesters reported a variety of reasons for collecting mushrooms. Many collected morels and chanterelles to eat, and species ...