Guides

Permits, rules and safety, area by area, with the official sources linked.

  1. Permits and rules

    Do you need a permit to pick mushrooms in Spain

    There is no single Spanish permit: the rules are set by the autonomous communities, and within them by forest owners and regulated zones. A breakdown by source quotes: Castilla y León, Aragón, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Cataluña.

  2. Safety

    Where to take mushrooms for checking in Spain

    Where in Spain to take the mushrooms you've found for an in-person check, region by region, what to do if you suspect poisoning, and why photos and apps won't do the job.

  3. Area guides

    Huesca Pyrenees: altitude, permits and Ordesa

    A guide to mushroom picking in the Huesca Pyrenees: why you should head for the lower belt, how Aragón's rules and municipal permits work, and why visitors may not pick inside Ordesa National Park.

  4. Area guides

    Ripollés: a guide to the mushroom forests of the Pyrenees

    You don't need a permit to pick in Ripollés, but there are still rules on the ground. What a comarca is, what kind of forest it has according to MicoRadar's calculation, which species and months the model uses, and what the natural park expects of you.

  5. Area guides

    Urbión pinewoods: permit, altitudes and season

    A guide to the pine forests of Urbión in northern Soria: tree species and altitude belts, the model's estimated season windows, the separate coto licence and the rules of Castilla y León.

  6. Permits and rules

    Soria: permit and rules for mushroom picking

    How the three land regimes work in Castilla y León, when you need a permit in Soria, where to get one online and what is forbidden in regulated zones.

  7. Permits and rules

    Aragón: mushroom-picking permits and limits

    When you can pick mushrooms for free in Aragón, when you need a personal permit and how much you may take per person per day, based on the text of Decreto 179/2014 and the Aragón government page.