I have been picking the same mushrooms from the same place for more than 15 years. www.mushroomstalkers.com/blog/miscellaneous/should-you-pull-or-cut-mushrooms/
From what I've read in Australia, that's apparently a well meaning, but erroneous idea. Pulling does not significantly disturb the vast mycelium that produces the mushroom.
Great recipe . Awful music !
You do not wash them just keep them away frim sand and dirt.;)
The first thing you did was wrong, don't pull them up, cut them off, otherwise you disturb the mycilia.
I have been picking the same mushrooms from the same place for more than 15 years.
www.mushroomstalkers.com/blog/miscellaneous/should-you-pull-or-cut-mushrooms/
From what I've read in Australia, that's apparently a well meaning, but erroneous idea. Pulling does not significantly disturb the vast mycelium that produces the mushroom.