"ZDVYZHIVKA, Ukraine — Deep in a pine forest to the north of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, a beautiful mushroom warmed its brown cap in the gentle autumn sun — it was an all but irresistible scene for Ukrainian mushroom hunters. But all around there was danger. Cut through the mossy forest floor were line after line of trenches from the battle for Kyiv last winter, and countless mines and unexploded projectiles. Weighing the risk of mines and the allure of their quarry, thousands of Ukrainians in the first mushroom season since the Russian invasion hunted for mushrooms. Now, they are in the post-picking phase of the season, tallying their spoils and setting out to preserve them for the hard winter ahead....”
A mushroom growing on the forest floor in the Bucha area of Ukraine. During the first mushroom season since the Russian invasion, mushroom hunters were determined to carry on despite war.
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