It’s morel season! Here’s how to find edible plants and mushrooms in urban places

Image by Thomas Roehl used with permission.

By ThienVinh Nguyen

On my first date with my now partner, I surprised him with a bouquet of cultivated mushrooms: King Oysters (Pleurotus eryngii), Enokis (Flammulina velutipes), and brown Buna-Shemejis (Hypsizygus tessellatus), all purchased from an Asian supermarket in Falls Church, Virginia. On our first…