Experts warn foragers to exercise extreme caution when collecting wild mushrooms, as misidentifying and consuming fungi can ...

The fascination with morels comes from several angles,” says chef-forager Iulian Fortu, a partner in Washington, D.C.’s Poplar and owner of Arcadia Venture, a purveyor of wild and cultivated mushrooms ...

There is no foolproof way to distinguish which mushroom is edible and which is poisonous. According to the health ministry, one person died earlier this year after eating wild mushrooms.

a purveyor of wild and cultivated mushrooms. “Morels are unique in the edible mushroom world.” Fortu identifies several reasons that mushroom connoisseurs are enamored with them.