he best way to gather mushrooms is to lever them up with your knife, taking the whole mushroom in your hand. In this way you can identify it and protect the mycelium. It is not necessary to rake the leaves as the mycelium are found in the upper layers of the soil and if they are damaged this may kill the mushroom and no more mushrooms will ever grow there.
- Gather mushrooms in baskets, never in plastic bags. This means that the spores that give birth to new mushrooms are recycled into the forest.
- Only gather mushrooms that have been unmistakably identified.
- Leave any mushrooms that you do not want to gather alone, do not break, damage or remove them.
- Do not rake the leaves with any type of tool as this damages the forest and the mushrooms.
- Do not gather very small mushrooms, they will have no taste.
- As you gather mushrooms, you re-seed the forest.
Do not gather or crush any unknown type of mushroom.
Preventing accidents
Only put edible mushrooms that have been unmistakably identified into the basket. Never rely on home-grown remedies such as the blackening of a clove of garlic or a silver spoon.
If you think you may have eaten toxic mushrooms, immediately go to the nearest hospital.
TOPProtection of the environment
All activities that take place outdoors must respect the environment and even protect the natural surroundings as much as possible.
- Do not light fires.
- Be careful with cigarettes.
- Avoid damaging the natural surroundings with cars or motorbikes.
- Respect the prohibitions for motorized access to natural areas.
- Do not leave rubbish in the forest.
- Collect it and take it when leaving.
