Stay at Steamboat Landing and enjoy the family oriented fun and excitement that comes with mushroom hunting. Although mushrooms cannot get away, they are surprisingly difficult to locate. You need to refine your vision. The mushrooms may be magnificent but they are well camouflaged and blend easily with the pine needles and fallen leaves. At first glance there are no mushrooms, edible or otherwise, to be seen. But then …

A word of caution: Do NOT eat wild mushrooms unless an expert has identified them! The real mushrooms don't always look like the ones in the books; unusual examples of one species may look a lot like some other less desirable species; and the same species may vary in appearance and toxicity from place to place.