Mushroom Picking Grows in Popularity

March 26, 2007 By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press Writer Mushroom Picking Grows in Popularity (AP)

Tina Keller sniffs a black trumpet mushroom, March 10, 2007, in the Soquel Demonstration State Forest near Los Gatos, Calif. Northern California's cool coastal forests harbor a variety of gourmet mushrooms including chanterelles, morels, porcini, hedgehogs and candy caps.And it's not just a California phenomenon, mycological societies nationwide lead forays into terrain as diverse as the Olympic Mountains near Seattle and Manhattan's Central Park after a summer rain. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

(AP) -- Mushroom fanatics brave poisoning, death and the long arm of the law to gather gourmet fungi that thrive in the damp coastal forests of Northern California.



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