ntgerald – i knew there were “kabute” growing in the Phils. (my pre-Swedish mushroom days) but I didn’t know that you had specific local names for them. Fascinating! It would be interesting to know their scientific names, as it would be easier to identify which family of mushrooms they belong to and maybe find a European/Scandinavian counterpart. I guess the brownish ones you named could be in the same family as the cepe/porcini.

asunta – there are also brown mushrooms that are poisonous, with or without the ring. Rule of thumb in foraging: when in doubt, don’t and always ask an expert for advice. There are thousands of mushrooms out in the forests (this part of the world) and only a hundred or so are edible and some extremely poisonous.

sdf – thanks for your comment. Am fascinated by Amanita cesaria as this is not found in Sweden. Only in France and Italy and the Balkan states (I think). Have you eaten this rare delicacy? You have to be 101% sure that it is as the cousins of this mushroom are all poisonous. I know that these are sold in some open markets in Paris during the season. Some areas in Sweden are just a foragers’ dream but where the rainfall is little, then the mushrooms are hardly there, and that’s what we’re experiencing in the Stockholm areas now. We had such luck that day we found the chantarelles. Seashell gathering is not a bad alternative to mushroom hunting?

You ever shrooms, ha ha

Tusen tack (a thousand thanks) for the Chantarelles’ post. I never expected that you would feature all the photos, much less write a post of the forest finds. I’m very happy to see them so well captured in your blog and thank you for such an encouraging write-up. Congratulations on your weekend doodling!

And thank you fellow readers for your lovely comments. Joey, I also enjoy reading Pille’s blog esp. about her foraging for mushrooms and other forest goodies. The Baltic and Finnish people are more creative mushroom enthusiasts than the Swedes.

Mushroom hunting has become a passion for me since I caught the “fever” when I joined my first foraging some years back. After I picked one of the most deadly white mushrooms called Destroying Angel (Amanita virosa) and was gently but firmly corrected by our expert guide never to pick white mushrooms esp. with a ring under its cap (as cited by Allen), my curiosity and interest were aroused. While still learning Swedish, and with my husband’s encouragement, I read every literature available on mushrooms (mostly in Swedish) and hence the mushroom love affair began… and still going strong.

If any of the readers would like to see the mushrooms that could be picked in Sweden, please check out http://www.svampguiden.com. Only in Swedish am afraid, but worth looking at are Matsvampar (food mushrooms) and Giftsvampar (poisonous mushrooms).