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PICKING WILD MUSHROOMS in ABRUZZO/ITALY🇮🇹WOODS & FORESTS in ABRUZZO (*1)
438,5900 hectares
This is the total coverage of woods and forests in the Italian Region of Abruzzo.
Here, the province with the largest extension of woods is the province of L’Aquila with 243,256 hectares.
Most of these woods are located above 1000 metres above sea level.
The remaining part of woods is located on hilly woods or on reforestation areas made during the last century.
Here is how the forests of Abruzzo are composed
- Spruce woods – 362 hectares
- Silver Fir – 724
- Scots Pine – 1,086
- Black Pine – 19,158
- Stone Pine – 2,534
- Others Pines – 1,448
- Beech forests – 122,402
- Oaks forests – 81,779
- Turkey Oaks – 30,741
- Chestnut forests – 5,068
- Elm & Hornbeam – 46,145
- Evergreen Oaks – 8,687
- Hygrophilous woods – 20.270
- Others deciduous – 48,760
About 30% of the regional territory is occupied by protected areas
Protected Area in Abruzzo
- National Parks – 272,710 hectares
- Regional Parks – 50,288
- State Reserves – 17,783
- Regional Reserves – 10,403
- Other Protected Areas – 1,067
WILD MUSHROOMS IN ABRUZZO – WHERE TO GO HUNTING MUSHROOMS

Legend:
🌲 ► Pinewoods, Conifers, mountain or coastal pinewoods
🌿 ► Lowland forests: Hornbeam, Oak, Ash, Morus, Aspen, Elm, Willow, Sycamore
🌾 ► Foodplain forests: Alder, Hornbeam, Ash, Aspen, Willow, Bird Cherry, Elder
⛱ ► Coastal woods: Conifers, Stone Pine, Aleppo Pine, Kermes Oak, Salt Cedar
🍃 ► Mediterranean scrubs: Conifers, Evergeen Oaks, Strawberry tree, Laurel
🌱 ► Thermophile woods: Pubescent Oak, Oaks, Manna Ash, Black Hornbeam
🌳 ► Oak forests: Oaks prevailing, Hazel, Chestnut, Cherry tree, Hornbeam
🍁 ► Chestnut forests, Chestnut prevailing, Hazel, Maple, Birch
☘ ► Cold mixed forests: Beech, Birch, Rowan, Spruce, Fir
🍂 ► Beech forests: Beech tree prevailing, Birch, Rowan/Mountain Ash, Spruce
⛰ ► Mountain forests/Pasturage: Beech tree, Birch, Spruce, Fir, Meadows
🏡 ► Municipal Park: planted Broadleafs or Conifers
🗻 ► Mountain place: Alps or Apennine Mountains sites
🍄 ► maximum quantity of mushrooms to be collected = 1/2/3 kg
The most beautiful Parks, Natural Reserves and forests in italy (where to harvest mushrooms)
WILD MUSHROOMS IN ABRUZZO
(in alphabetical order)
► MUSHROOMS @ ABRUZZO
🍄 In this region you can collect everyday – maximum 3 kg fungi daily.
Parks & Natural reserves:
- Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo, Molise, Lazio 🌲🍂🍂🗻 National Park
- Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga 🌲🍂⛰ 🗻 National Park
- Maiella – Parco Nazionale della Majella 🍂🍂🗻 National Park
- Riserva Regionale Lecceta di Torino di Sangro 🌱🌳🌳 Thermophile forest
- Riserva Naturale Regionale Monte Genzana e Alto Gizio 🌳🗻
🍄 Main places where to harvest mushrooms in Abruzzo: 🗻
- Everywhere is a good place into both 2 National Parks of Abruzzo and Majella
- Alto Sangro – Altopiano delle Cinque Miglia🍂🍂
- Campotosto – Capitignano – (Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo) (L’Aquila)🍂🌲
- Chieti (Rosello, Borrello, Pizzoferrato, Quadri, Torrebruna, Carunchio) white truffles 🍃🌳
- Fara San Martino – Riserva Orientata di Feudo Ugni (Chieti)🍂🍂
- Chieti (Casoli, Guardiagrele, Fara S. Martino, Lama dei Peligni) black truffles 🍃🌳
- L’Aquila (Luco, Gioia dei Marsi, Scanno, Pescasseroli, Avezzano, Pescina, Fagnano,
Celano, Magliano dei Marsi, Monte Velino, Scoppito) truffles 🍃🌳 - L’Aquila (Castel di Sangro, Val di Sangro) white truffles 🍃🌳
- Ovindoli – Parco Silente-Velino – Parco Monte Velino (L’Aquila)🍂🍂
- Pescara (Popoli, Bussi, Loreto Aprutino, Penne) truffles 🍃🌳
- Pescasseroli-Opi-Civitella Afedena (Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo) (L’Aquila)🍂🌲
- Rocca Santa Maria/Ceppo-Macchia S. Cecilia-(Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo)(Teramo)🍂🌲
- Teramo (Campli, Teramo, Montorio al Vomano) truffles 🍃🌳
- MUSHROOMS @Valle dell’Orfento – Caramanico Terme (Pescara) 🍂🍂
The symbol of the Abruzzo National Park. The Marsican bear
You may also be interested in reading this page: Mushrooms hunting in Italy
Page with articles about Mushrooms @Abruzzo
Others Italian Regions:
Contacts
You can contact me in private, via email, for more information about Mushroom hunting in Italy.
Including information on locations where you can go for a short vacation, and go picking wild mushrooms.
(*1) INFC, 2008 – Le stime di superficie – Risultati per Macroaree e Province, Autori P. Gasparini, L. Di Cosmo, C. Gagliano, G. Mattiuzzo e G. Tabacchi. Inventario Nazionale delle Foreste e dei Serbatoi Forestali di Carbonio, MIPAAF – Ispettorato Generale Corpo Forestale dello Stato, CRA-MPF, Trento