Mushrooms / Thuringia
Mushrooms: Thüringer Wald (Thuringian Forest)
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Look in older spruce on the slopes of the Schwarza valley around Katzhütte and along the Rennsteig. Bay boletes and cep like mossy forest edges, chanterelles open mixed forest. After bark beetle felling, check the stumps, where honey fungus grows in autumn.
What grows here
penny bun / cep (prawdziwek), chanterelle (kurka), bay bolete (podgrzybek brunatny), orange birch bolete (koźlarz czerwony), honey fungus (opieńka miodowa)
Forest: mountain spruce with beech and fir, mountain meadows
Season: July–October; peak in August and September.
Rules
The German rule of picking for your own household applies. Cep, chanterelles, birch boletes, morels and weeping milk cap are protected but may be taken for yourself and your family, while other protected species, such as the royal bolete and yellow knight, are banned. Selling protected species is banned, breaches can be fined, and in nature reserves you should read the signs.
About the forest
The Thuringian Forest is a wooded range in central Germany, with the Rennsteig trail running along the ridge. The eastern part, the Thuringian Slate Mountains around Katzhütte and Neuhaus am Rennweg, has large spruce forests. Mushroom picking has a long tradition here.
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