Mushroom counselling
<p>Just in time for the start of the mushroom season, the district administration department is reopening its mushroom advice centres. <span>From 19 August up to and including 21 October 2024</span>, you will have the opportunity to have your mushrooms checked by experts on Mondays.</p>
<p><strong>Consultation times:</strong></p>
<ul>
 <li>Town hall on Marienplatz, Fischbrunnen entrance:<br>
  Monday, 10 am to 1 pm and 4.30 pm to 6 pm<br>
  Telephone: 089/ 233-28423</li>
 <li>Pasing Town Hall, Landsberger Straße 486:<br>
  Monday, 8.30 to 11.30 a.m<br>
  Telephone: 089/ 233-37237</li>
</ul>
<h3>Tips for mushroom hunting</h3>
<ul>
 <li>Collect moderately and in an environmentally friendly way.</li>
 <li>Leave old, eaten, rotten and very small, young mushrooms where you find them.</li>
 <li>Cut them off or twist them out? It makes no difference to the fungus organism. For a reliable identification, however, you or the mushroom consultant need a whole fruiting body with a stem base.</li>
 <li>Always store unknown species separately from edible mushrooms for identification. Plastic containers with lids or aluminium foil are suitable for this purpose.</li>
 <li>Check the mushrooms for maggots while still in the forest. Store the mushrooms in a cool place and bring them to the mushroom centre as fresh as possible.</li>
 <li>Only prepare flawless, fresh mushroom fruiting bodies that you have recognised beyond doubt as edible mushrooms.</li>
 <li>Many wild mushrooms are unpalatable or poisonous when raw, so heat the mushrooms sufficiently (for about 20 minutes, depending on the type and quantity).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Suspicion of mushroom poisoning</h3>
<p><strong>Contact the poison centre immediately:<br>
  Poison control centre 089/19240</strong><br>
 Rechts der Isar Hospital<br>
 Ismaninger Street 22<br>
 81675 Munich.</p>
<p><strong>Please note:</strong></p>
<ul>
 <li>All persons involved in the mushroom meal must receive medical treatment, even if they do not yet have any symptoms.</li>
 <li>Never induce vomiting with table salt!</li>
 <li>Never drink milk!</li>
 <li>Save cleaning residues, leftover food, vomit, faeces and urine for diagnosis.</li>
</ul>
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# Mushroom counselling

## Summary

Which mushrooms ended up in your basket when you went mushroom hunting? What do you need to consider when preparing them? We will advise you personally and free of charge.
## Description

Just in time for the start of the mushroom season, the district administration department is reopening its mushroom advice centres. From 19 August up to and including 21 October 2024, you will have the opportunity to have your mushrooms checked by experts on Mondays.

**Consultation times:**

* Town hall on Marienplatz, Fischbrunnen entrance:  
  
  Monday, 10 am to 1 pm and 4.30 pm to 6 pm  
  
  Telephone: 089/ 233-28423
* Pasing Town Hall, Landsberger Straße 486:  
  
  Monday, 8.30 to 11.30 a.m  
  
  Telephone: 089/ 233-37237

### Tips for mushroom hunting

* Collect moderately and in an environmentally friendly way.
* Leave old, eaten, rotten and very small, young mushrooms where you find them.
* Cut them off or twist them out? It makes no difference to the fungus organism. For a reliable identification, however, you or the mushroom consultant need a whole fruiting body with a stem base.
* Always store unknown species separately from edible mushrooms for identification. Plastic containers with lids or aluminium foil are suitable for this purpose.
* Check the mushrooms for maggots while still in the forest. Store the mushrooms in a cool place and bring them to the mushroom centre as fresh as possible.
* Only prepare flawless, fresh mushroom fruiting bodies that you have recognised beyond doubt as edible mushrooms.
* Many wild mushrooms are unpalatable or poisonous when raw, so heat the mushrooms sufficiently (for about 20 minutes, depending on the type and quantity).

### Suspicion of mushroom poisoning

**Contact the poison centre immediately:  

Poison control centre 089/19240**  

Rechts der Isar Hospital  

Ismaninger Street 22  

81675 Munich.

**Please note:**

* All persons involved in the mushroom meal must receive medical treatment, even if they do not yet have any symptoms.
* Never induce vomiting with table salt!
* Never drink milk!
* Save cleaning residues, leftover food, vomit, faeces and urine for diagnosis.

## Responsible Department

KVR
## Questions and Answers

 
### How many species of fungi are there?

 

There are about 2400 flowering plants in Bavaria, but twice as many species of fungi.

   
### How important are fungi for a forest?

 

Without fungi there would be no forest. The reason for this is that almost all forest trees form a symbiotic relationship with fungi via their roots and thus an exchange of nutrients takes place. Fungi decompose dead organic material, including wood, on a large scale and return it to the natural cycle.

   
### What happens when it rains too little?

 

in dry periods, it can take up to two weeks for fungal growth to start after heavy rainfall.  


   
## Further Links

* [General Data Protection Regulation](https://stadt.muenchen.de/infos/dsgvo-datenschutzgrundverordnung.html)
* [Mushroom counselling flyer](https://stadt.muenchen.de/dms/Home/Stadtverwaltung/Kreisverwaltungsreferat/fachspezifisch/HA-I/Gewerbe-Gaststaetten/Dokumente/Lebensmittelueberwachung/Pilzberatung_Flyer.pdf)
* [Association for Mushroom Science Munich e.V.](https://www.pilze-muenchen.de/)

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