PHOTO: Laura Brehaut; A long-fallen maple tree in southwest Ontario is covered in oyster mushrooms ready for the picking.

Laura Brehaut, Postmedia News
Originally published on September 20, 2016; National Post

Fall is the best season to forage for wild mushrooms. After a parched summer, many culinary mushrooms fruit following cool, autumn rains.

PUBLISHED IN PRINT:
National Post: September 22, 2016; page B7 (national edition) and B8 (all but Toronto edition)
Vancouver Sun: September 21, 2016; page C1 / Front
Calgary Herald: September 21, 2016; page C1 / Front 
Edmonton Journal: September 21, 2016; page C1 / Front 
Saskatoon StarPhoenix: September 21, 2016; page C1 / Front
Regina Leader-Post: September 21, 2016; page C1 / Front
Windsor Star: September 21, 2016; page C1 / Front
Ottawa Citizen: September 21, 2016; page C1 / Front
Montreal Gazette: September 21, 2016; page C1 / Front
Daily Observer (Pembroke): October 1, 2016; page B11
Northumberland Today: October 5, 2016; page D3
Brantford Expositor: October 6, 2016; page D3
Orillia Packet & Times: October 6, 2016; page C8
Peterborough Examiner: October 6, 2016; page C10
The Barrie Examiner: October 7, 2016; page D3
Sarnia Observer: October 7, 2016; page B3
Owen Sound Sun Times: October 7, 2016; page C7