Mushroom hunters collect mushrooms in a forest in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Wolfgang Bivour 75, center, a mushroom hunting tour leader, instructs mushroom pickers on how to hunt mushrooms in a forest in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
A mushroom hunter picks mushrooms in a forest in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
A mushroom hunter who collects certain mushrooms carries his basket in a forest in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Mushroom hunters collect mushrooms in a forest in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Wild mushrooms are seen growing in a forest in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Mushroom hunters and pickers move through a forest looking for mushrooms in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
A mushroom hunter picks mushrooms in a forest in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Wild mushrooms are seen growing in a forest in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Wolfgang Bivour 75, a mushroom hunting tour leader, instructs mushroom pickers on how to hunt mushrooms in a forest in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Angela Zhu 5, who is on a mushroom hunting trip with her parents, searches for mushrooms in a forest in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Mushroom hunters and pickers move through a forest looking for mushrooms in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
A mushroom hunter searches for mushrooms in a forest in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
A basket of mushrooms lies on the ground in a forest in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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4:27 AM on Saturday, October 11
By EBRAHIM NOROOZI
POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — Wolfgang Bivour, a renowned fungi expert in Germany, leads mushroom hunting tours near Potsdam. This activity, once a necessity after World War II, is seeing a revival. The pandemic and a growing interest in veganism and medicinal fungi have fueled this trend.
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