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It’s autumn, the air is getting cooler but the sun is still shining. The leaves on the trees are turning brown and mushrooms are sprouting up. It’s the perfect time to put on your boots and grab your wicker basket. Head to Grimbosq Forest to pick mushrooms and learn how to recognise the different species.
Picking: a real skill
Here are some tips from a mycologist on how to pick mushrooms properly. Use a knife to pick them, taking care to remove the stem so that you can identify them correctly. Be careful when putting them in your basket: do not mix poisonous mushrooms with edible ones, or you will contaminate them all and have to throw them away! If in doubt, set them aside.
How about going on a treasure hunt?
We start our outing at the “Petite Bichotte” car park. We wander through the forest. We bend down whenever we find a mushroom to learn how to recognise the species. Very quickly, we get caught up in the game. It’s like a treasure hunt in the great outdoors! At the foot of trees, near roots, in a ravine… We start to know where to look and fill our basket!
An opportunity for a walk in the forest
We also take advantage of this beautiful autumn afternoon to rediscover the forest. How pleasant it is to see the sun’s rays shining through the trees, to hear the wood crackling under our feet and, in the distance, to hear the bellowing of the deer. We then approach the forest’s wildlife park. The stags and hinds are there waiting for us. How impressive he is with his gigantic antlers!
Let us proceed to identification
At the end of the afternoon, we meet up with a mycologist. We gather all the mushrooms we have picked on a table. And then it’s time to identify them! Colours, textures, tastes, collars and even smells – every detail helps us to recognise the different species. For example, we know that the citrine amanita smells like raw potatoes. Boletus, amanitas, puffballs, chanterelles… our basket is well stocked! As a precaution, we won’t be taking our day’s harvest home to eat.
We had a lovely afternoon in the forest and left feeling refreshed, relaxed and now able to recognise the mushrooms that grow in our countryside.
We like
- Strolling through the forest
- Autumn colours
- Pretending to be a treasure hunter
