We’ve picked wild mushrooms for years. Since I was a kid. Have them in gravy every Thanksgiving. Yes, you have to have an eye for what you’re picking.
We had a cat that could find patches of good mushrooms.
My mother and I used to pick morels all the time. But that was years ago and now I’d be scared to try that. Funny how it was so routine and we took it for granted. We never hunted for any mushroom except morels.