Mushrooms: Puszcza Piska

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Where to look

Look in forest with a bilberry understorey, and at forest edges near birches. Choose mixed stands for cep and bay boletes, and bright pine forest on moss for chanterelles. Avoid boggy hollows, where there are fewer mushrooms.

What grows here

penny bun / cep (prawdziwek), bay bolete (podgrzybek brunatny), chanterelle (kurka), slippery jack (maślak zwyczajny), birch bolete (koźlarz babka)

Forest: pine and mixed forest in Masuria, among lakes

Season: The first chanterelles appear in July. The main season runs from August to October.

Rules

There are nature reserves in the forest, including by Lake Nidzkie, and picking mushrooms in reserves is banned. Signs mark protected areas and closed areas.

About the forest

Puszcza Piska (the Pisz Forest) is the largest forest complex in Masuria, around Pisz and Ruciane-Nida. Pine dominates, but spruce, birch and oak grow on richer soils. It is a popular mushroom destination for people from across the country.

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