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Polish forest tourism and mushroom foraging season

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By ~~early September~~ mid-September 2026, the mushroom foraging season has officially commenced across several Polish provinces, characterized by high yields despite widespread hydrological drought. Significant harvests of porcini, bay boletes, and chanterelles have been documented in Wielkopolska, Pomerania, and Mazovia. In the Pomeranian region near Bytów, substantial numbers of bay boletes, slippery jacks, and porcini have been noted, while Mazovian foragers have found success particularly in humid forest areas. Conversely, yields in Małopolska have been reported as significantly smaller. Foraging activity Poland has ~~also increased in the Łódź Voivodeship. Successful harvests of porcini and bay boletes have been reported~~ entered a transitional phase. While earlier in the ~~Bolimów Primeval Forest, near Piotrków Trybunalski, Radomsko,~~ month, recent rainfall and ~~Pabianice, though some foragers have encountered insect-damaged specimens. As of early September,~~ cooler nights drove a significant second harvest ~~is underway, driven by recent rainfall, cooler nights, and morning dew. This surge is particularly widespread in~~ across northern and central ~~Poland, including~~ regions—including Lubusz, Pomerania, ~~Greater Poland,~~ and ~~Mazovia. In~~ Mazovia—current reports from the ~~Pomeranian Voivodeship, foragers report high~~ Lubuskie region indicate a temporary lull. In Lubuskie, yields of porcini, bay boletes, xerocomus, butter boletes, and chanterelles, with some collectors filling baskets in single outings near Gorzów Wielkopolski. Former deputy prime minister Janusz Piechociński noted that chanterelles are currently ~~abundant in Warmia, near Bydgoszcz, and in~~ low as the ~~Podkarpacie region. While red xerocomus~~ summer porcini season concludes. Foragers are ~~appearing in birch groves near Warsaw,~~ now awaiting the ~~availability~~ arrival of ~~healthy porcini remains inconsistent and dependent on local soil moisture.~~ autumn porcini, which is anticipated within the next two weeks, contingent upon sufficient rainfall. There are also reports of many early-season specimens being infested with larvae. The expansion of the American bolete (Boletus projectellus) ~~continues to be~~ remains a ~~point of~~ persistent concern for naturalists. ~~Originally from North America, the species is rapidly spreading from its initial presence~~ Previously noted in ~~Podlaskie and Suwałki into~~ Podlaskie, Suwałki, Mazovia, Silesia, and the Świętokrzyskie ~~Mountains.~~ Mountains, the species—also referred to as the slender American porcini—is increasingly appearing in Polish forests, typically found in dry areas near recently felled trees.

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