Picking Mushrooms and Berries in Spain
Go mushroom hunting in a Spanish pine forest, check the rules, pick blackberries on the way back and get your haul checked.
Autumn mushroom picking is a big deal in Soria, Catalonia and the Basque Country, and many areas require a permiso de recolección bought online from the town hall or regional government, with a daily kilo limit. Pickers use a basket and a navaja, and local mycological associations will check your mushrooms for free. The cards follow one day out in a pine forest in Soria, from the car park to dinner.
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¿Aquí se pueden coger setas?
Are you allowed to pick mushrooms around here?
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En esta zona hace falta un permiso.
You need a permit in this area.
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Se saca en la web del ayuntamiento.
You get it on the town hall's website.
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¿Cuántos kilos se pueden llevar al día?
How many kilos can you take per day?
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No cojas nada de lo que no estés seguro al cien por cien.
Don't pick anything you're not a hundred percent sure about.
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Esta parece un níscalo, ¿no?
This one looks like a saffron milk cap, doesn't it?
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Cuidado, que esa es venenosa.
Careful, that one's poisonous.
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Mejor déjala si no lo tienes claro.
Better leave it if you're not sure.
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Córtala con la navaja, no la arranques.
Cut it with the knife, don't pull it up.
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Échalas en la cesta, no en una bolsa de plástico.
Put them in the basket, not in a plastic bag.
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¿Cogemos unas moras al lado del camino?
Shall we pick some blackberries along the path?
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Las de la carretera no te las comas, que tienen mucho polvo.
Don't eat the ones by the road, they're covered in dust.
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Todavía no están maduras, aún están rojas.
They're not ripe yet, they're still red.
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Estas están dulcísimas, prueba una.
These are really sweet, try one.
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Tengo las manos todas moradas.
My hands are all purple.
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¿Hay alguna asociación micológica que las revise?
Is there a mushroom society that can check them?
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Los lunes por la tarde las revisan gratis.
They check them for free on Monday evenings.
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Esta noche podríamos hacer un revuelto de setas.
We could make scrambled eggs with mushrooms tonight.
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Mi abuelo traía cestas enteras.
My grandad used to bring back whole baskets.
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No le digas a nadie dónde está este sitio.
Don't tell anyone where this spot is.