wild mushrooms

Fall can be a great time to explore the woods and harvest mushrooms.The UW Kemp Natural Resource Station in Woodruff will help people identify, cook with, and learn more about mushrooms with its Fungi Fest this weekend.

Every July, dozens of fungi experts and novices descend on the Town of Hiles in Forest County.The town of around 450 people has been dubbed the Mushroom Capital of Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Mycological Society because of the diversity of mushrooms that can be found in the area.For WXPR’s We Live Up Here, Katie Thoresen tagged along on this year’s Hiles Mushroom Foray to learn more about what makes this area so unique.

Every July, dozens of fungi experts and novices descend on the Town of Hiles in Forest County.The town of around 450 people has been dubbed the Mushroom Capital of Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Mycological Society because of the diversity of mushrooms that can be found in the area.For WXPR’s We Live Up Here, Katie Thoresen tagged along on this year’s Hiles Mushroom Foray to learn more about what makes this area so unique.

Now is a great time of year to find mushrooms on the landscape in the Northwoods.WXPR’s Katie Thoresen has been participating in a Learn to Hunt for Food course through the Wisconsin DNR.Recently that included learning how to forage for mushrooms that are safe to eat. She shares the experience as part of WXPR’s All Things Outdoors.

Northern Wisconsin is full of many different types of wild mushrooms in September. Some edible, some poisonous, and everything in between. How to tell the…