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Mushroom hunting, mushrooming, mushroom picking, mushroom foraging, and similar terms describe the activity of gathering mushrooms in the wild. This is typically done for culinary use , although medicinal and psychotropic uses are also known.
Assorted wild edible mushrooms. Mushrooms can appear either below ground or above ground and can be picked by hand. [2] Edibility may be defined by criteria including the absence of poisonous effects on humans and desirable taste and aroma. [3] Edible mushrooms are consumed for their nutritional and culinary value.
Edible Agaricus species Agaricus moelleri [2] Inky Mushroom phenol and xanthodermin: Europe Edible Agaricus species Agaricus phaeolepidotus: phenol and xanthodermin: Europe Edible Agaricus species Agaricus placomyces: phenol and xanthodermin: North America and Europe Edible Agaricus species Agaricus xanthodermus [1] [3] Yellow-staining mushroom
A positive reaction of Schaeffer's test, which uses the reaction of aniline and nitric acid on the surface of the mushroom, is indicated by an orange to red color; it is characteristic of species in the section Flavescentes. The compounds responsible for the reaction were named schaefferal A and B to honor Schäffer. [3]
Eating mushrooms gathered in the wild is risky and should only be undertaken by individuals knowledgeable in mushroom identification. Common best practice is for wild mushroom pickers to focus on collecting a small number of visually distinctive, edible mushroom species that cannot be easily confused with poisonous varieties.
Some are only edible in part, while the entirety of others are edible. Some plants (or select parts) require cooking to make them safe for consumption. Field guides instruct foragers to carefully identify species before assuming that any wild plant is edible.
The young mushrooms, before the gills start to turn black, are a choice edible mushroom, [13] but should be prepared soon after being collected as the black areas quickly turn bitter. [14] The taste is mild; cooking produces a large quantity of liquid. It can sometimes be used in mushroom soup with parasol mushroom.
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