The secrets of mushrooms hunter

Forests are a coffer of treasures: just stroll around early in the morning and breath the fresh air that smell of ancient pinewood resin; hear the sound of wild animals that wake up and enjoy the green, brown and red colors that dominates the fruits of the forest. This is what you can live when you go truffle hunting or mushroom picking; if you are a traveler and not an expert, you may need a local guide, but better than that a hunter, someone who really know the places and especially the families of mushrooms to avoid bad surprises.

Walking in the forest: the products of underwood

Walking is the word you need to take with you entering the National Park of Foreste Casentinesi and Monte Falterona: there nature governs the slow flow of seasons, the birth of new animals, flowers, trees and creates the necessary environment for the tasty products of the underwood.

Since this place is a protected one, you must know that you are not free to pick whatever you want. Local people know that they need a special authorization, and in any case there are some special qualities, like the famous Prugnolo, that can be picked only in some periods of the year.

Not only mushrooms

What kinds of mushrooms can you find here? A part from the gorgeous prugnolo, you will find porcini, marzuolo, and many others with strange names like pioppini or chiodini or finferli. If you are not a professional hunter, just ask a local guide and he will lead you in the hidden paths in the forest.

He will know the places bust most of all he will help you to use your eyes, searching among the ferns, muskiandundergrowth plants that hidden such precious gems.

You will also find it a nice experience, not only for the harvest you will get but also for the way you will discover the forest, one of the most ancient in Europe. Using your five senses and living it as it is, finding your own pace.