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    FEAST OF THE FOREST

    Jul 13, 2022 4 minutes
    BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE
    PHOTOGRAPHY
     
    KEN BRASS
     
    & IAN REDPATH
    “Mushroom foraging is one of the many attractions of the NSW Central Tablelands, and during autumn, it eclipses all the region’s other temptations… During the season Ian, via his company, Detour Adventures, conducts guided mushrooming tours

    an Redpath bounces out of his top-of-the-range 4WD, with a brochure in hand. Called , the sturdy pamphlet contains photographs of 96 of the probable hundreds, possible thousands, of fungi that grow in the region. Ian cheerfully advises that of the illustrated selection, 94 of them are poisonous, ranging in severity from mild tummy upset to potentially lethal. Today, we’re foraging for the two edible varieties, saffron milk caps and slippery Jacks and, to state the bleedin’ obvious, we’re extremely grateful

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