However, not all mushrooms are suitable for drying. Some exceptions include chanterelles, trumpets, saffron milk caps, and slippery jacks. Ideal candidates are bay bolete and porcini mushrooms.

Every Pole must have heard of the joke ‘Let’s hope we don’t get food poisoning’, after being invited to eat an intense-smelling boletus sauce made by a mushroom-picking family member. Marcin Kotowski, ...