{"id":639,"date":"2017-11-19T08:14:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T06:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devourbarcelonafoodtours.com\/?p=639"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:05:42","slug":"mushrooms-gastronomy-of-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devourtours.com\/blog\/mushrooms-gastronomy-of-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolets 101: A Guide to Catalan Fungi"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog post was originally posted on October 28, 2014, and was updated on November 19, 2017. <\/span><\/i>

If there is one thing that’s true in this world, it’s that Catalans love their mushrooms.<\/h3>

Furthermore, these mushrooms play a huge role in the gastronomy of Barcelona and Catalonia. Every year, roughly between the months of September and December, people head to the forests like children in a candy store. Tirelessly scavenging for the horrendously ugly fungi that populate these parts. Officially speaking, the Catalans classify bolets<\/em>, the general word for these earthy treats, into 26 different groups.<\/p>

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Mushroom Varieties<\/h2>

Just a few of the most commonly found and fiercely appreciated mushrooms in Catalonia include:<\/p>