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We foraged mushrooms and they were delicious

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It’s spring foraging season, and mushroom hunting is serious business for some people. But there's plenty of mushrooms available in local forests for novice and advanced foragers alike.

Daniel Winkler is the author of Fruits of the Forest: A Field Guide to Pacific Northwest Edible Mushrooms. He showed us how easy it can be to connect with nature and find local mushrooms.

Spoiler alert: we foraged oyster mushrooms and they were delicious.

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