Excursions

Get your boots ready for the coming year and set off on an adventure! Join our expert guides for an exceptional wild mushroom picking excursion.

Our outings will take you less than 120 km from Montreal for a fully immersive experience in our forests.

Excursions announced for July to September 2026

Eastern Townships: Sunday August 9 and Saturday September 5
Laurentians: Saturday August 15 and Sunday September 13
Lanaudière: Saturday July 25, Sunday August 23 and Saturday September 19
Mauricie: Sunday August 2 and Saturday August 29
Montérégie: Sunday September 27

The excursions include a guided walk in the forest, a practical session on identifying your harvests, and a tasting session.

Book your spot quickly for one of these fun learning opportunities!

Introductory Conference

Before heading into the woods, many appreciate our interactive conferences on edible mushrooms, their biology, identification and safety. They are designed for beginners and enthusiasts alike:

April 9th in French and June 9th in English

Take it to the next level

Do you enjoy hiking in nature? Are you passionate about mushrooms? Would you like to master the art of foraging?

We invite you to perfect your knowledge and get trained to become a true mushroom hunter-gatherer!

Our intensive course this June 20th and 21st, plus a day trip during the 2026 season, is the perfect opportunity to:

Recognise species: Master their identification, from the most edible to the most toxic.
Understand the science: Delve into ecology and sustainable harvesting techniques.
Become a professional: Understand the regulations, handling, preservation and commercial sales strategies for wild mushrooms, as well as the market.

Whether you want to guide mycotourism groups, commercialize wild mushrooms or simply practice your passion, this course is for you.

Cultivation Workshop

On Sunday morning, May 3rd, 2026, an expert from Mycoboutique will share their passion and expertise. You will learn proven techniques for cultivating mushrooms such as oyster mushrooms, shiitake, and lion's mane.

Whether indoors (buckets, bags) or outdoors (logs, beds), you will learn how to maximise your harvests. The workshop ends with a practical exercise, and you will leave with mycelium to start your own production!

Celebration of Love

February 14th is Valentine's Day. Many mushrooms are associated with romantic passion: lion's mane (Hericium erinaceus), almond mushroom (A. subrufescens), cordyceps (C. sinensis, militaris), species whose presumed tonic properties are said to be prerequisites for love.

The ancient Romans consumed truffles to stimulate sexual desire. Sows were once used to find these aromatic mushrooms, but due to their excessive excitement, they were replaced by trained and more disciplined dogs.

Black truffles (T. melanosporum), white truffles (T. magnatum pico) and summer truffles (T. aestivum) contain a substance called androstenone, which is chemically similar to animal pheromones and is the source of this stimulation.

Recipe for Seduction

Cordyceps are recognised in Chinese medicine for supporting recovery, which makes our black bean, cordyceps and orange brownies an excellent protein-packed snack after the gym — but it is also said to have aphrodisiac properties... you be the judge! Moist, chocolatey and bold, they are perfect for Valentine's Day. Discover the recipe on our blog.

Different Hats, Same Delight

Genetics now takes precedence over appearance when identifying mushroom species. The number of recognised species is increasing daily. Cantharellus sabuletorum has just been added to the ten other species of the genus recognised in the oak forests of Virginia.

The most abundant species in Quebec is the common chanterelle (C. enelensis). For enthusiasts, all these species, whatever their local common names, share the same aroma, flavour and texture. They can be used in the same delicious recipes.

The ones we have fresh in our shop these days are delicious “formosa” mushrooms from the Pacific Coast.

Life Beneath Our Feet

A thriving underground trade

Beneath our feet, the Earth is encircled by fungal filaments (hyphae) that irrigate and nourish the vegetation visible on the surface. Mycologist Toby Kiers' research into this “underground market” earned her the 2026 Tyler Prize, the “Nobel Prize” for the environment.

Suzanne Simard of the University of British Columbia (Finding the Mother Tree) believes that this underground fungal network is more than just a link in a supply chain; it is a means of communication between plants themselves, and even between mother trees and their descendants.

Our bookshelf holds enlightening works on this crucial subject. Want to learn more? The Mycoboutique recommends two books in particular: Les Mycorhizes and Mycorrhizal Planet. Sought-after delicacies such as truffles, chanterelles, boletes and many other species of mushroom participate in this exchange, which is essential to life on Earth.

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