mushroom hunting BY RYAN HULVAT
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fter having survived the long cold winter of 2020 and as the Pennsylvania earth warms, our bodies crave the outdoors. This is the time of year when an elusive treasure, morel mushrooms, are breaking through the surface. One would think that scouring the woods to find a mushroom to eat seems like a desperate attempt at survival, but it is really more about nourishing the soul. Mushrooms are a key to a world of magic and connectiveness. Morels live most of their life cycle as a mat of mycelium under certain trees only emerging above ground as the fruiting bodies of a mushroom cap in early spring. Finding them necessitates learning about mushrooms, trees, and the ideal weather conditions. The journey is the destination.
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