Mushroom-hunting in Liébana

Overview

KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES CONCERNING NATURE AND THE UNIVERSE

Discover the world of mycology through guided routes in different areas of the Liébana region, where you will learn the importance of its role in nature, such as in forest systems, its biological cycle and medicinal characteristics. In addition, going mushroom hunting brings a reward: you can take them home for your own consumption or taste them in a collaborating establishment to prepare them.

There is also the option of extending these routes to a whole weekend with the course that includes guided routes, mushroom identification workshop, presentations on the history and origin of mushrooms, their medicinal and nutritional properties, or learning to differentiate them from poisonous mushrooms.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Food and Refreshments: No
• Accommodation: No
• Languages Spoken: Spanish
• Accessibility Issues: Not recommended for people with accessibility issues.
• Any additional equipment: A basket and a knife. Any permeable container (nets, fruit meshes) which allows spores dispersion

ITINERARY CONTENT

Weekend course itinerary:

-Friday evening:

• Reception of the group and presentation on initiation to mycology.

– Saturday morning:

• Guided route to specific habitats.
• Picnic

-Saturday afternoon:

• Mushroom hunting.
• Classification and/or presentation workshop on interesting aspects of mycology.

– Sunday morning:

• Route to another specific habitat.
• Picnic in the countryside
• Return to the hostel

Highlights

• You won’t get tired! Easy routes on short distance areas
• Live the experience of searching and finding mushrooms. Will you find the most precious one?
• Take your finds and turn them into exquisite dishes.