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chaparral I want to try foraging for mushrooms. I know basically nothing…what should I look for?
You’re worried no one will reply, but ten minutes later, you get a notification.
myco_mouse Hello and welcome! I’d look into morels, especially Morchella rufobrunnea. They’re easy to distinguish and my personal favorite :) A proper morel is hollow inside, whereas a false morel (Gyromitra esculenta) isn’t. Good luck!
By the end of the day you receive more replies:
ecotope Also, do not eat them raw. I sauté them in butter for about 10 minutes.
bring_a_ruler Morels were my first mushroom too! Like myco_mouse said, pretty easy. FYI: if you’re not sure what something is, don’t gather it. Take a photo and ask for an ID later. Don’t disturb the environment if you don’t need to.
The responses are encouraging. You imagine your future foraging self — competent and careful, treading lightly on the land and overwhelmed by its largesse.
Celine Nguyen is a designer, design historian, and writer. She is an MA student in History of Design at the V&A Museum/Royal College of Art, where her research considers contemporary web aesthetics and their relationship to our ecological world. Right now, she wants to know: what does degrowth look like for the web?
