Mushroom Obsession

was created to help parents get their kids out from behind the screen and into nature to safely explore the mystical and magnificent world of exotic edible mushrooms: how to safely hunt them in the woods, cultivate them in your own back yard, and even how to make them taste magnificent in the kitchen! If you consider yourself "mushroom obsessed," this site is the place for you!

Fall Forays Are Happening Now in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest!

There are early Golden Chanterelles, Boletes, and some other mushrooms out there! (See photos.)

If you haven’t yet joined a MushroomObsession free foray, you will enjoy the experience. Here are upcoming scheduled forays:

  • Friday, September 10, 5-7 p.m.
  • Saturday, September 11, 8-10 a.m.
  • Saturday, September 11, 10 a.m. – noon
  • BBQ lunch in the forest, Saturday, September 11, Noon-1:30 p.m. ($5 donation, or $10 which includes a MushroomObsession camping mug)
  • Saturday, September 11, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.

You must contact me for directions and foray instructions, either by commenting on this blog post or calling (253) 906-9676. Foray locations are on moderately easily accessible national forest roads about 75 minutes south of Puyallup, WA.

For urgent contact after 3 p.m. on Friday, September 10, leave a message at (253) 226-9327.

 
Lobster mushrooms

Early season Golden Chanterelles
Early season Golden Chanterelles

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Larry Short

Larry Short is an author and novelist with three decades of experience in Christian communications, digital innovation, and nonprofit management. A graduate of Biola University, he created WorldVision.org, won the Evangelical Press Association’s Best Personality Feature of the Year award in 1981, and published his historical fantasy novel, Fountains of the Deep, on Amazon Kindle. He is currently writing Apocalypse, his first science fiction novel. Now that he’s formally retired he spends his time leading ministry directors at his church, feeding his mushroom obsession, working for the local school district part-time, and traveling. He has served as a young adults pastor, elder, prayer ministry coordinator, community groups coordinator, and deacon of welcome and assimilation at an Evangelical Free church in the Northwest, as well as a grandfather, exotic mushroom hunter and hobby cyclist.

3 responses to “Fall Forays Are Happening Now in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest!”

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    Rakhee 

    Hi. I stumbled upon your blog and am sad to have missed the forays. Is it too late on the season to find any now? Any chance you’ll be having another foray?

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    Larry Short 

    And in case you’re wondering, it was a very successful weekend! I found good edible mushrooms (mostly Lobsters, Golden Chanterelles, and Boletes) in every foray, and limited out on Saturday. Check out a photo here: https://twitter.com/ShroomObsessed/status/1438152539510165504

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    Steve 

    Sorry we missed the foray.

    Hope it was a success

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