Mushrooms / Vilnius and Utena counties
Mushrooms: Labanoras
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Look in pine forest around Labanoras and Kaltanėnai villages, in older pine with moss and bilberry. Cep and bay boletes grow on low rises, chanterelles in damper spots. The forest is uniform, so carry a GPS.
What grows here
penny bun / cep (prawdziwek), chanterelle (kurka), bay bolete (podgrzybek brunatny), orange birch bolete (koźlarz czerwony), saffron milk cap (rydz)
Forest: extensive pine forest on glacial sands with lakes
Season: July–October; peak in September.
Rules
In Lithuania you may pick mushrooms in forests for your own use. Picking is banned in the park's strict reserves, whose boundaries are marked by signs. Species in the Lithuanian Red Data Book are protected.
About the forest
Labanoras is the largest regional park in Lithuania, northeast of Vilnius. Large pine forests on glacial sand, scattered with lakes, are classic mushroom ground. The Labanoras forest is known for cep and chanterelles.
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