The do's and don'ts of foraging with Diego Bonetto

Diego Bonetto shows us which mushrooms you can pick this season.

Transcript

00:00 Today I'm joined by mushroom expert Diego and we are going to talk about the do's and don'ts

00:05 with mushroom picking with the upcoming mushroom season. Diego when does the mushroom season start?

00:09 Mushroom season it's about to start right now we've got the first ones.

00:14 So mushroom season starts at the end of March early April and it goes all the way to late May

00:21 depending on seasons and you better get going. If you've never harvested mushroom before

00:29 it's best to go with someone who can teach you because you can get information from the

00:35 internet but nothing beats the information you get from someone on location showing you

00:42 the difference between the good ones and the not so good ones.

00:46 And then good things to do is learn from the easy ones like this is saffron milk cap you find them

00:57 in pine forest go to a pine forest you're allowed to harvest mushroom in pine forest.

01:02 This is a saffron milk cap there's rings on top of it is orange on the top orange on the bottom

01:09 gills look at that lamellae okay gills and it's got a orange milk. So it's important when you go

01:18 in the forest only ever harvest what you know it is to be harvested okay even though it might look

01:27 like one you find in the supermarket shelves this one you wouldn't eat looks a good one but yeah

01:36 nah if you don't know it leave it. So now you've heard a little bit about mushrooms and I think

01:43 the takeaway is remember to go with a professional the first time you go someone who's got knowledge

01:48 about what you can and can't pick and never stray away from that make sure you bring a buddy make

01:53 sure you remember where you're walking and stick to what you know. This is Armandine Irons ACM Media.

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