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The Mushroom Hunting in the Mid-Atlantic 

Hello and welcome to the Mushroom Hunting in the Mid-Atlantic Study. My goal is to better understand mushroom hunters in our region- from how people learn to about mushroom hunting to what mushrooms people hunt for. You can find a link to the survey on this website, as well as more information about me and the study.

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The Survey

Please fill out the digital survey HERE

If you would like a paper copy of the survey mailed to you, please fill out the form below. A paper copy of the survey will be mailed to you along with return postage.

As a gift, everyone will receive a hand made mushroom art print!

Thank you!

The Project

This project began shortly after the start of the COVID pandemic in March 2020. I began to hear about how more and more people were interested in mushroom hunting- but was that actually true? And if it was, then why?

And so this project began. I am interested in how people learn to hunt for mushrooms, both before the pandemic began and in the past few years. I'm interested in the role that in-person events as well as social media- where are people turning to for their information on mushrooms? 

And, of course, I'm interested in mushrooms! Specifically, what mushrooms are people most interested in in the region and what are they using them for? This might seem like common sense, but there has been very little formal research on this topic in the mid-Atlantic.

About Me

My name is Amy Wrobleski, I am a graduate student at Penn State in the fourth year of my PhD in Ecology. I am interested in how people use foraged foods, both plants and mushrooms, and how foraging shapes the environment that people live in. 

While I grew up with family stories of hunting for mushrooms in Poland and Michigan, I did not start hunting for edible mushrooms and plants until more recently. I started to hunt for edible plants while working in northern Michigan about six years ago, and I started to hunt for mushrooms at the beginning of the pandemic! I'm always excited to learn about the plants and fungi in PA!

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