Each fall I turn into a cautious mushroom-hunter. 'Hunting' sounds much more exciting than the German 'Sammeln' which means 'collecting'. Not much interested in experimenting with questionable foods I collect only half a dozen species I know well.
This year I added a new one to my list of collectibles: pine mushrooms. Apparently Pines are valued much by Japanese and exported in great quantities. Most distinguishing feature of these mushrooms is their smell described as cinnamony/spicy/fruity). But beware there are (somewhat) similar shrooms out there that are extremely poisonous.
Everybody agreed: 2013 was a stellar year for mushrooms.
