With the arrival of autumn and its rains, the curtain opens on a new mushroom season. The Community of Madrid has different places spread throughout its province where different varieties of mushrooms usually grow wild. A gift from nature for the palates, as long as they are edible mushrooms. We tell you the 10 best places in Madrid to pick mushrooms.
Before exploring the forests and mountains, authorities and experts remember to take extreme precautions when collecting mushrooms and mushrooms. Some mushrooms can be confused with poisonous mushrooms and poisoning in some cases can even be fatal. It is recommended to avoid its consumption without prior supervision of the product by an expert in the field.
Below we highlight some of the most prolific areas where this type of products can be found between pine forests and forest areas. It is worth remembering that in Madrid there are also some places, such as those considered nature reserves or restricted use areas type A, where the collection of mushrooms is prohibited.
Throughout Guadarrama National Park you can find boletus, thistle mushroom, perrechico, niscalos, trails or wild mushrooms [Map]
In the Monastery of Paular and the Port of Cotos you can also look for boletus, chanterelles, carom mushrooms or wild mushrooms in the green lung. However, this is an area also prone to the presence of numerous toxic mushrooms. Hence, precautionary measures must be taken [Map].
In this point of the Community of Madrid, a paradise for mycologists due to the variety of plants, boletus edulis, friar mushrooms, chanterelles or oyster mushrooms also have a notable presence [Map].
Separating the provinces of Segovia and Madrid, among the pine forests of Puerto de Cotos or Puerto del Paular it is very common to find a large number of chanterelles [Map].
Boletus edulis and chanterelles have a prominent presence each season in this mountain pass that crosses the Guadarrama mountain range and connects the province of Segovia with the Community of Madrid [Map].
Very close to Cercedilla, again between Segovia and the Community of Madrid, you can make a particular harvest of boletus, oyster mushrooms and chanterelles [Map].
Among the specimens that grow wild and free in this area of ??Navacerrada, amanitas, russulas, lepiotas, chanterelles, boletus, chanterelles and wild mushrooms stand out. [Map].
Oyster mushrooms and wild mushrooms dominate this area of ??the province of Madrid. In addition, chanterelles, senderuelas and purple foot mushrooms are also common [Map].
In Monte Abantos there are some places with a large number of mushrooms. Oyster mushrooms, boletus, senderuelas and bluefoot mushrooms abound [Map].