Mushroom foraging has become a popular hobby in recent years. ... If you suspect someone has eaten a wild mushroom, call the Minnesota Regional Poison Center immediately at 1-800-222-1222.

Minnesota isn’t lawless when it comes to foraging, but DNR officials say the state’s smattering of existing rules isn’t adequate to address rising interest and participation in foraging.

A-hed; Mushroom Foraging Is So Popular in Minnesota, the State Plans a Crackdown Officials eye a limit on picking and push the buttons of some fans; ‘I kind of cried a little’ ...

“Foraging is an untapped activity that has a lower bar, for sure, because you don’t need a gun or a boat or anything like that,” said Peter Martignacco, president of the Minnesota ...

Mushroom foraging certainly is not new, but it has seen a sharp increase in popularity over the past few years. Ariel Bonkoski is an avid mushroom hunter and enthusiast based in Duluth.

"Mushrooms opened up a whole new world of challenges and rewards," Sarah said. After 10 years of foraging, she's still finding different species on her 30-acre property.

Northwest Minnesota and eastern North Dakota have an abundance of edible plants, berries and mushrooms, said Amy Rager, master naturalist at the University of Minnesota Extension.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota foragers have won a place at the table to set new guidelines for gathering mushrooms and picking berries on state land, under a new task force approved ...

ST. PAUL — Foraging, the process of harvesting wild plants and mushrooms, has too many barriers in Minnesota, foraging advocates say. A bipartisan bill, which was heard in the House Environment ...

Mushroom foraging has become a popular hobby in recent years. ... If you suspect someone has eaten a wild mushroom, call the Minnesota Regional Poison Center immediately at 1-800-222-1222.

Dried leaves, bark scraps, fallen walnuts — just about everything on the forest floor looked like a morel. I was roughly 40 minutes into a forest trek to find morel ...