Not to complain, but there are many cases where I feel we should all refrain from picking mushrooms. I do understand they are the fruiting body of a fungus, and they are open for several days to disperse spores. There are other concerns, however. First, on a public trail, land, or open space, you …

Any statement about legality is only meaningful if you specify the country/jurisdiction you’re referring to. Since you didn’t specify, I’ll assume you’re probably from the US like most of the internet. I’m from the UK, where it’s perfectly legal to forage for mushrooms and plants even on land you do…

Yeah, it is very much location specific. Here is Canada I once had a warden in a provincial park tell me they could arrest and charge me if he saw me place my hand on a tree to balance myself while doing up the laces on my boots.

Picking mushrooms is legal in many (not all) federally owned lands in the US. That said - I 10000% agree with everything else you said. If I’m out to enjoy nature, I wanna see the nature as it is, not destroyed by some selfish jerk. I actually had to leave a lot of mushroom groups because questions…

While there are certainly spaces where collecting of mushrooms is illegal, I think (based on personal experience in California, so YMMV) only in botanical and/or conservation areas is personal collection totally prohibited (as opposed to commercial, which is more restricted). I also believe (althoug…

Something can be technically true (which this is) yet still be utterly meaningless. There are park wardens who get hired because they love the outdoors, nature and lifestyle, and some who get hired because the local mall cop gig was filled already.

i think laws related to foraging are quite interesting. US: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2740&context=ulj UK: http://www.gallowaywildfoods.com/welcome-to-wild-food-heaven/foraging-and-the-law/ laws probably aren’t the best reason to base an arugment for not picking mu…

I disagree. You evidently live in a country where there is not a strong traditional culture of foraging for food. Also, as has been mentioned, just because something is illegal where you live does not make it so elsewhere: you’re making assumptions that absolutely do not apply in other parts of the …

[image] cmcheatle: I once had a warden in a provincial park tell me they could arrest and charge me if he saw me place my hand on a tree to balance myself while doing up the laces on my boots. Hahaha yes I’ve had cops on a power trip say similar things.

Something else to consider, many identification characteristics essentially require picking the mushroom: spore printing, gill photographs, color changes after damage, etc. Though this might be a feasible rule of thumb for many well known taxa, but I can’t imagine this working for more obscure taxa…

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bouteloua December 31, 2019, 5:26pm 5

that one sounds… person-specific

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