Call of the Wild

By Cole Miska

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HuntingforediblemushroomsisnotjustaWhiteman’shobby

oraging for wild food such as morel mushrooms or wild mulberries is often thought of as mostly a White hobby. But Tony Cineus of south Minneapolis wants to change that.

Cineus, 27, forages for many types of mushrooms, from the gourmet chanterelle, to the highly sought-after morel, to pyscho-active “magic mushrooms” that Cineus credits with introducing him to mycology—the study of fungal biology.

As a teenager in Florida, Cineus was able to find wild mushrooms with psilocybin (the psycho-active component of magic mushrooms) in cow pastures, and sometimes even around his neighborhood.

“I was young and into partying. I thought I was really cool,” Cineus said. His friends cultivated both gourmet and psychedelic mushrooms and taught him about how to grow fungi.

Cineus credits psychedelic mushrooms with not only introducing him to mushroom hunting, but with helping him improve his mental health and realize what was really important in life.

“[Psychedelic mushrooms] helped me discover a lot about myself,” Cineus said.

“I realized I had depression, I had anxiety, and it helped me deal with it and it helped me adapt. That’s one thing

I’d really like to emphasize with psilocybin mushrooms: It’s not going to fix your problems. It helps you real- ize your problems, and that’s where it all starts.”

Psychedelic mushrooms also made Cineus change his perspective on what he was putting into his body, saying he now thinks about the impact that unhealthy foods would have on his life. His new health-conscious attitude led him into foraging for natural foods, and he encourages others to do the same.

“Black people have been foraging forever,” Cineus said “Way before there were supermarkets, everyone was foraging. Foraging was taken way more seriously.”

Being of Haitian ancestry, Cineus found mushrooms to be a way to reconnect with his heritage. He remembers a dish native to Haiti that his