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In France, you can bring your wild mushrooms to any local pharmacy, and they will ID them for you as a free service. Seems like it would be a useful service to
by ridaj 7y ago
In France, you can bring your wild mushrooms to any local pharmacy, and they will ID them for you as a free service. Seems like it would be a useful service to US foragers too!
- mizzao 7y agoHow do all these pharmacists get trained in mushroom identification?
- hoseja 7y agoIt's really not that hard if you only go after regular edible mushrooms. The entire mycology is impossibly broad but normal foraging is basically trivial. Pharmacists learn much harder things.
- ridaj 7y agoIt's part of the curriculum. The most important thing for them though is to focus on mushrooms in their region not having encyclopedic knowledge... Still, some will refuse to provide this service if they don't feel confident.
- byuu 7y agoAll I can think is what a liability nightmare that would be in the US if a pharmacist made a bad call. For both the pharmacist and the company that employed them.
- tobltobs 7y agoIn Switzerland this service is offered by the commune or canton. http://www.vapko.ch http://www.vapko.ch