Mushrooms / South Australia, Adelaide Hills
Mushrooms: Kuitpo Forest
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Look in the needle litter under pines along forest roads and trails, after the first heavy autumn rain. Saffron milk caps grow under younger pines on the edges of stands, slippery jacks at the same time. The native eucalypt forest does not produce these species.
What grows here
pine ring / saffron milk cap (rydz), slippery jack (maślak zwyczajny)
Forest: radiata pine plantations with native eucalypt forest
Season: April–June; peak in May.
Rules
ForestrySA has its own rules on collecting fungi and plants in its forests, which I could not confirm, so check them on the ForestrySA website before you go. The forest is closed to visitors on Total Fire Ban days. Do not pick in national parks or reserves, and deadly death caps grow in Australia.
About the forest
Kuitpo Forest in the Adelaide Hills, about 45 minutes' drive from Adelaide, is a ForestrySA forest with pine plantations and native eucalypts. Saffron milk caps and slippery jacks grow here after autumn rain. The forest has walking and bike trails and picnic areas.
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