A Costly Lesson in Mushroom Identification
A mushroom collector makes a tiny mistake and almost needs a new liver
It was prime mushroom time in Northern California's Sonoma County. The previous weekend, my boyfriend, a very experienced forager, had gone to Salt Point State Park, which allows collecting for personal use. He'd found some amazing matsutake and porcini, so we went back to get more.
Illustration by Koren Shadmi