Mushroom Picking Grows in Popularity

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Tina Keller sniffs a black trumpet mushroom March 10 2007 in the Soquel Demonstration State Forest near Los Gatos Calif.  Northern Californias cool coastal forests harbor a variety of gourmet mushrooms including chanterelles morels porcini hedgehogs  ...
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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