From Fungi Forager to The Mushroom Forager

The Mushroom Forager emerged from a series of questions we began asking ourselves last year. Like our ancestors, could we distinguish between and safely harvest wild mushrooms, and then turn them into delicious meals? Could we significantly supplement our diets through the hunter-gatherer food chain in the modern world, and would this make us more sustainable, local eaters or merely pillagers of wild ecosystems? Last summer, our friend and favorite political cartoonist, Jon Guyer, visited Ithaca during the peak of mushroom season. He returned home with a stomach full of chanterelles, black trumpets, and log-grown shiitakes, and a few days later he sent us an image of me as“Fungi Forager,” with my sidekick, Judah. Now, The MushroomForager is a reality, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to share our love of foraging with you!