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The woman who took my wife and me into the woods, an employee of the hotel, was wearing tight white jeans and high heels. Those looking for authenticity might find their heads spinning. The Eco Farm had some of that aesthetic, but in the spirit of contemporary Russia - where more is more - it also had a polo field, a stocked pond for fishing, and its own cows so that one can have fresh milk as if one were on a country estate in a Chekhov play. The state emblem of the hammer and sickle has been replaced by the czar-era double-headed eagle (on pediments of buildings, the iron gates to government compounds, the flags that government cars sometimes fly), and the rich of Russia are building summer homes that look like 19th-century wooden dachas, with their filigreed carvings and sloping eaves. Health : Long thought to have medicinal benefits, fungi have gained popularity as treatments for various physical and mental health issues.Cooking : How do you make the most of mushrooms in the kitchen? The food writer Tejal Rao has a few aces up her sleeve.An evolutionary biologist is on an underground mission to figure out their potential. Fungus Superpowers: Certain species of fungi could help humans the hazards of a warming climate.
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Foraging : Hunting for mushrooms keeps your mind and body active, and allows you to immerse in nature.Petersburg.Įxplore the World of Mushrooms Rich in umami and known for their health properties, fungi are a kingdom of life all of their own. But Russia is a huge country, so we stuck to the areas around Moscow and St. Some heavily forested areas, like those in Siberia, are considered so good for fungi that people travel there to pick mushrooms the way that people travel to the American Northwest to fly-fish. Mushroom hunting is popular all over Russia. I paid Abercrombie & Kent about $200 a day.) (Even if you speak Russian fluently, arranging mushroom hunters through tourism offices would be maddeningly frustrating. The company either found mushroom hunters directly or through local tourism offices. To arrange our trip, we used the travel outfitter Abercrombie & Kent. Mushroom hunting seemed as if it might offer the perfect window.īecause edible and poisonous mushrooms can resemble each other so closely, only a madman would go looking for mushrooms on his own in an unfamiliar forest. Petersburg, Moscow and the historically important towns near it called the Golden Ring I also wanted to take her into the country’s landscape and, if possible, introduce her to the ordinary life of Russians. I teach Russian literature and know the country well, but for my wife Russia was mysterious and intimidating.