Mushrooms / England, Cumbria (Lake District)
Mushrooms: Grizedale Forest
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Look in the older oak and birch patches along the trails from the Grizedale centre and under larch. Larch boletes grow only under larch, chanterelles in moss along forest roads. Dense spruce plantations are usually poor.
What grows here
chanterelle (kurka), penny bun / cep (prawdziwek), larch bolete (maślak żółty), hedgehog mushroom (kolczak obłączasty), winter chanterelle (pieprznik trąbkowy)
Forest: larch and spruce plantations with remnants of old oakwood
Season: August–November; peak in September and October.
Rules
Forestry England allows careful picking for personal use only, except where signs ask you not to, and commercial picking on its land is banned. Picking fungi on SSSIs is illegal. Uprooting fungi without the landowner's permission is an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
About the forest
Grizedale Forest, between Coniston Water and Windermere, is a large Forestry England forest in the Lake District National Park. The damp Cumbrian climate and the mix of oak, larch and spruce give a long mushroom season. The forest has a network of trails and a car park at the visitor centre.
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