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Mushroom

Pep González, a longtime mushroom forager, on a hunt for mushrooms in the forest.

Foragers in Catalonia embrace a new mushroom-hunting season after last year’s strict lockdown

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This year, mushroom-hunting season is more anticipated than ever after last year’s strict quarantine measures kept most people in their own municipalities for the entire winter. The tradition is particularly strong in the northeast region of Catalonia. 

Gary Lincoff, author of The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms, helps my fellow mushrooms hunters identify their finds in the woods of Piermont, NY.

Some people will go to incredible lengths to find an awesome wild mushroom

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Chef Andy Ricker's new cookbook "Pok Pok" explores his travels in Thailand.

How a Thai mushroom keeps this award-winning chef on his toes

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Fabulous Fungi

Commentator Sy Montgomery praises mushrooms despite their sometimes sullied reputation.

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Musing on Mushrooms

Commentator David Catlin reflects on the advent of mushroom hunting season . . . and the spiritual rewards granted to a mushroom hound on even the most unsuccessful hunt.

Uganda’s Mushroom Mogul

Host Bruce Gellerman visits with a woman in Uganda who is making it her up-and-coming business to grow oyster mushrooms  ? with a little help from homemade solar dryers.

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Growing Mushrooms in Florida

In addition to the usual cattle and chickens on their ranch in Brooksville, Florida, Rob and Debbie Morrow also grow shiitake mushrooms. Producer Bill George spent the day with the Morrows to learn the a ?b-c’s of shiitake mushroom growing.

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