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I played Morels: The Hunt with a mycologist, who also happens to be my father

I have never met a person who loves mushrooms as much as my dad. It is, in fact, rare to meet anyone who loves anything as much as my dad loves mushrooms. Therefore, after some time playing and enjoying mushroom gathering adventure Morels: The Hunt myself, I invited him to come and play with me.

As we were waiting for an update to download, I realised that my dad s love for mushrooms has been an accepted fact throughout my life, and so I have never bothered to ask him why. So I asked. It s The Hunt, he told me. He did not know the name of the video game, but I heard the capital letters. You don t know where you ll find them and what you ll stumble across. And they re beautiful! They re artistic! And edible! What s not to like?

Well, we were about to find out.

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