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Medium
25 min
Published 2011
In France, chanterelles are never on the ground for long – people soon snap them up. But in Britain, people are more nervous about mushrooms being poisonous, so they often perish uneaten. I remember walking through the estate of Castle Kennedy in Scotland with my father, the path was lined with ancient trees and their moisture gave the ground that springy, mossy feeling. Suddenly my father stopped and rushed over to the other side of the path, guarding something fiercely with his body while