Picking Mushrooms: One of Life's Pleasures in Russia, if You Know What You're Doing

From: The Washington Post | Date: September 18, 1995| Author: Lee Hockstader | Copyright information

Mushroom gathering, as millions of Russians know, is one of life's simple pleasures -- provided you know a thing or two.

Like how to survive it.

Here in the cool, pristine forests of the Russian north, where mushroom season has been at its peak for the last few weeks, an eagle- eyed gatherer such as Ludmilla Gromova is happy to dispense critical advice that might keep a novice alive and healthy.

"No, no, not those; those are death caps," she said, squinting at a cluster of...

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