Eating morel in Patagonia
A mushroom of weeks, not months. Where it fits in a trip and when it simply does not.
Forest
Lenga, ñirre and coigüe: fungi, fruit and responsible foraging in the subantarctic forest.
Guides and answers
Rose and calafate: two Patagonian infusions and what is actually known about them
One comes from a shrub that was always here. The other from a rose someone brought, which outlived the person who planted it.
The Magallanes morel that still has no name
In January, the head of INIA in Magallanes said there might be a species unique in the world here. Seven months on it has not been described, and the fungus is still exported nameless.
Products
Calafate berry
Dark berry of the thorny Patagonian shrub. A regional emblem with a short season.
Rhubarb
An austral garden plant, acidic and cold-hardy. The base of regional desserts and preserves.
Wild apple
Feral fruit from old settler orchards. Small, acidic, autumnal.
Morel
A spring mushroom of the austral forest. Very short window, hand-foraged, low volume.