Mushroom hunting

"Mushrooming" and "Shrooming" redirect here. For the 2012 Estonian film, see Mushrooming (film). For the 2005 Peep Show episode, see Shrooming (Peep Show).

Mushroom hunting, also referred to as mushroom foraging, mushroom picking, and mushrooming, is the activity of gathering wild mushrooms. These are collected for use as food (usually cooked and some only conditionally), psychotropic drugs, and dye. Analysis is required to distinguish between useful and poisonous species, often requiring advanced techniques.

The practice is popular throughout most of Eurasia and Australia, as well as in West Africa and temperate North America.

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