[tobytoby]

I am hoping to purchase 3 acres of woodlands - and if the existing horses don't demolish the mushrooms first, i am looking to find out if they are suitable for pigs. There is a wee italian man who comes around and picks them all, just as i am about to think about picking them. He dries them and sends them back to Italy as presents (tight sod!!).

Do you think that if through digestion, the pigs will spread the spores and increase the crop or will they wipe them out all together. I am planning a rotation system, through the wooded area.

[robert waddell]

if pigs spread the spoars after eating   i wont get in there pens for mushrooms the amount they have eaten this year

[Beewyched]

I've found with our Kunes, they seem to be quite careful about what they eat - they seem to know not to touch bluebells or foxgloves for example.  I think the digestive system will destroy the spores of any mushrooms they eat.  I'm guessing that if the wee italian man is picking them, then they'll be ok (unless he's fallen out with his family  )

[princesspiggy]

we have alot of wild mushrooms here, and the pigs arent ill. whether they eat them or not i dont know.