The mushroom's gatherer

Mushrooms are a miracle of Nature, we don't exactly know how to grow them artificially. So we have to respect the Nature adopting a respectuous behaviour.

1 Respect of the owner

In the national forests that belong to the State, i.e. us all, the gathering is free but often subjected to conditions in terms of quantity per person and day. The gathering is authorized on a purely personal basis and it is often forbidden to collect on a commercial point of view.

Prenez donc contact avec la maison forestière de votre forêt domaniale et avec ses responsables.

En forêt privée, le ramassage des champignons est soumis à l'autorisation du propriétaire. Il entretient la forêt, il faut donc lui demander la permission et ses conditions. S'en passer, c'est s'exposer a de possibles désagréments dont une amende de 900 f....Prenez donc contact avec lui.

Contact the forest house of your domanial forest and its responsibles.In private forests, the mushroom's gathering is subjected to the authorization of the owner. He takes care of the forest, it is thus necessary to ask him the permission and its conditions. If you do not, you are exposed to a fine of 900 FF... So, think in contacting himi.

2 Respect of the environment

Let's imagine that anyboby could build their house anywhere .It would not be easy to organize.It is the same thing for the forest.

Think in parking your car in a place somewhere else that in a path : a woodcutter should have to take this way.

Don't leave rubbishes (plastic bags, bottles, used syringes, etc): the forest is not a bin.

Don't cut the trees without reasons: they produce the oxygen that permits us to live.

Don't be noisy, don't vociferate, don't take your transistor with you : hedgehogs don't dance rock or salsa....Silence permit to take the most of Nature's beauty and sometimes to meet animals that live there

Ski stick or bludgeon are not necessary to go in the woods. Animals will attack you only if you attack them first. If you need one to walk, don't use it to destroy flora and fauna.

3 Respect of mushrooms

Try to learn how to recognize them before going in the woods and don't destroy the ones you don't know. If you had been more instructed, you should have tasted them to their true value.

With a canif, cut the mushroom at its base: there will be another on the year after.

Put the mushrooms in an airy bag (not a plastic bag ) and try not to put them ones on the others : they would lose of their taste.:

4 To cook them

Wash the mushrooms with a humid rag but don't put them into water : they would lose of their taste.

Put them in the oven with butter and garlic (I love it) or in a stove (over a slow heat)

Ps : Don't hasitate to show them to your pharmacist in order to make sure that they are edible

Thanks for respecting this charter