Mycology in Vera

Just 300 meters from the cabins, lovers of Mycology may enjoy a beautiful forest of oak and chestnut ideal for mushrooms collecting.

With the arrival of fall nature transforms itself, its color changes and changes its skin, making the leaves fall at our feet, a thick carpet. The refreshing air led us to states of peace and quietness.

The still nice and warm temperatures, especially in La Vera, makes hundreds of people to move to rural areas to enjoy, in all its splendor of autumn.

Walking, observe, study, enjoy the scenery, or simply breathe fresh air, are, by themselves, reasons enough to visit the field in autumn, but if you want to supplement your field trip with other activities, from this page you propose an enjoyable activity, curious, original, entertaining and cheap: mushrooming.

The world of mushrooms is as fascinating as immense. Several species are known from various mushrooms and fungi in the region of La Vera. The Vera known species (Amanita Caesaria, amanita muscaria, mushrooms, Armillaria mellea etc), a rare and difficult to identify and other common and readily identifiable, is one of the richest areas of Spain mycological variety.

Mushrooms are the fruit of fungi and reproduce by spores. Its nutritional properties are comparable to those of plants, ninety percent water, rich in vegetable protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and fiber, while being low in fat. It is estimated that its nutritive value is ever higher than that of legumes.

This, coupled with the variety of species of mushrooms makes a complete food, valued and desired, used for long, with consideration of food of the poor have become delicacies worthy of the best gourmet.

So if you're curious, this activity seems attractive and you want your day in the field is healthy in every respect, join the mushrooming, enjoyed before (making out), during (while collected) and later (in its gastronomic role).