On our latest show we relax at home in Rockville, Maryland with Ray LaSala, president of the Mycological Association of Washington, to explore an exciting topic of the spring season: mushrooms and foraging.

• Highlights from this episode include:
• Spring's wild bounty - morels!
• Staying safe while foraging - don't just eat random stuff in the woods
• Mushroom tales
• Wild picking in the Washington area
• You need more than a book - foraging for beginners
• Preserving, cleaning, cooking and savoring mushrooms and wild foods
• The wild abundance of the woods: greens, mushrooms, fruit, nuts
• Finding the good stuff
• MAW event information 

Mycological Association of Washington, Inc. (MAW) is a nonprofit association whose purpose is to share a reliable body of knowledge regarding fungi. Its members join the association to learn, develop information, and present information about fungi, including the recognition of various species, and the collection and use of mushrooms for scientific and culinary purposes.