same mossy slope, same beech roots, a full year later and there they were. foraging is the only hobby where the forest keeps an appointment you didn't know you'd made. fungi and forest floors person here, so the usual disclaimer: know your species cold, when in doubt throw it out…

...but no old, bold mushroom hunters. If you're getting into foraging: start with the impossible-to-confuse species (chanterelles have false gills, look like forked ridges), join a local mycological society, and never eat anything on one ID source. The hobby is wonderful precisel…