Mycological service

Enhanced the mycological service, which kicks off on 7 July in Piazza Vittoria in Trento

📆 The mycological consultancy activity that Municipality, the Provincial Company for Health Services and the Mycological Group “G. Bresadola” of Trento starts on Monday 7 July, they offer citizenship for free.
This year the coverage of the service will be enhanced thanks to the greater presence of the local police: until the beginning of November, the mycologists expert 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 from Monday to Saturday from 8am to 10am

🔍 This is an information and preventive service, aimed at promoting collective health and designed to make people aware of the health-food risks connected to the collection of mushrooms. Mycologists will be available to verify the edibility of fresh mushrooms collected for personal consumption, also in order to prevent wrong consumption and possible intoxications or poisoning.
During 2024, of the numerous species brought to the control (a total quantity of more than 90 kilos) 137 were poisonous or not edible and in some cases particularly dangerous for health.

👉 The users of the service will be issued to the check, which certifies the edibility or not of the mushrooms examined, and will be available to everyone a small vademecum with useful information for those who dedicate themselves to the collection of mushrooms.