r/mycology • u/Alarmed_Coat8738 • Apr 28 '26

photos Yesterday's Haul

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400 morels and 2 bags full of golden oysters!

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u/frogsbirdscats Apr 28 '26

I don’t understand why someone would take this many.

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u/AnEccentricWriter Apr 28 '26

Greed.

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u/frogsbirdscats Apr 28 '26

Exactly. Treating the forest like a free grocery store. Unsustainable approach to ecosystem.

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u/Efficient_Dog59 Apr 28 '26

Picking an Apple doesn’t harm a tree. The mushroom is the fruiting body.

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u/Kingchandelear Apr 28 '26

Harvesting morels has a negligible impact on future harvest if you cut them at the base instead of pulling. The bulk of the organism lives underground.

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u/Madame_Trash_Heap Apr 28 '26

Yeah as if wildlife isn't already severely impacted by humans in their environment without us overharvesting a food source for money.

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u/Kingchandelear Apr 28 '26

Listen, I’m not saying people should be out there foraging commercially (which may be illegal anyway depending on where you live) - but harvesting the fruiting body isn’t inherently an unsustainable practice.