[HN Gopher] Fragrant fungi rewards Himalayan foragers ___________________________________________________________________ Fragrant fungi rewards Himalayan foragers Author : 80mph Score : 15 points Date : 2023-02-09 07:27 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www3.nhk.or.jp) (TXT) w3m dump (www3.nhk.or.jp) | blacksmith_tb wrote: | Matsutake are a big deal here in Oregon too[1]. Interestingly | they are a big enough business that you're only allowed to pick a | few without a license, though I would bet that enforcement | varies... | | 1: https://oregondiscovery.com/white-matsutake | dustractor wrote: | Reminds me of one time when I was hiking during the winter (in | Arkansas) and I hiked down into a ravine that was filled with the | most amazing smell. I could find no signs of life such as flowers | to identify the source. The only thing I could find was a lone | mushroom growing on a boulder. Nobody believed me when I told | them that I thought the smell was due to a mushroom but it was | the only possible thing in that whole valley. | cassac wrote: | I would have preferred the title to be more along the lines of | | "Fragrant fungi finds fortune for Himalayan foragers" | | and required you to say it three times fast before you could read | the article. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-02-10 23:00 UTC)