When Donovan Thiesson came across a new book about mushroom picking in Saskatchewan, he didn’t anticipate having to warn people against reading it.Thiesson, an avid forager and mushroom expert from Meadow Lake, runs a Facebook group about mushroom picking. Late last month one of his users alerted him to a new book being sold on Amazon, Edible Wild Mushrooms of Saskatchewan.After reading only a few paragraphs of the book, Thiesson became alarmed.”It’s absolutely terrible and inaccurate,” he said.
When Donovan Thiesson came across a new book about mushroom picking in Saskatchewan, he didn’t anticipate having to warn people against reading it.Thiesson, an avid forager and mushroom expert from Meadow Lake, runs a Facebook group about mushroom picking. Late last month one of his users alerted him to a new book being sold on Amazon, Edible Wild Mushrooms of Saskatchewan.After reading only a few paragraphs of the book, Thiesson became alarmed.”It’s absolutely terrible and inaccurate,” he said. Read More