Be careful picking mushrooms- Ireland has 2,500 species, including 8 'magic'

By now, you have to look a little harder for them under fallen leaves but wild mushrooms are still on the ground and the picking season can continue into November. Gathering these mushrooms has become popular in Ireland. Be careful out there, however.

We don’t have a strong tradition of collecting for the table here, as they do in mainland Europe, so getting to know the good, edible fungi and avoiding the poisonous ones is not that straightforward.