Mushroom Foray to Argentina
A little further out, early November to be precise, Fungi magazine embarks on its first international exotic foray to...Argentina...during morel season (yes! in November!). About half the slots are already filled but there's still room on this rather affordable one week trip.
FUNGI and FUNGALJUNGAL.ORG present
South American Morels … in November
A 2010 Exotic Mushroom Foray led by the “Indiana Jones of Mushrooms,” Larry Evans.
Alexander von Humboldt, Charles Darwin, and other intrepid explorers have traveled to South America. All have been unsuccessful in locating the elusive South American morel. Until now. Join researcher, lecturer, and co-star of the film Know Your Mushrooms Larry Evans for this chance of a lifetime to go way off the beaten path in search of morels in the wilds of Argentina. (And in November, when most of your friends in the North will be seeing the first snowflakes of winter!)
Yes, Virginia, there are morels in South America. In the Lakes Region of Argentina, near the Chilean border, and extending for hundreds of miles north and south, the Mapuche people have resisted European influence for centuries, essentially defining the borders of the two countries. This mountainous region is forested with Nothofagus (an Antarctic beech) and an ecology very foreign to northern-trained botanists. Yet every November, during the southern spring, savory morels are harvested by the local Argentines for local consumption and export to Europe, where they fetch premium prices because of their out-of-season availability. Can’t get enough morels back home? Why not try your hand at South American morel hunting? In November! Details for this excursion are still being finalized but the entire week-long trip is expected to cost around US$1,000 once you get to Buenos Aires (chartered airfare from Buenos Aires to Bariloche in the Andes Mountains, lodging, ground transportation, guides, meals while on forays and mushroom excursions included). Contact Larry Evans at www.fungaljungal.org or Britt Bunyard at www.fungimag.com for additional information and make plans to join us this fall!
posted 2010-07-28 07:45:24