Morels
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2024 National Tour Announced!
Our fifth cross-country national mushroom tour will take place in April of 2024. Here are some highlights … Continue reading
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Introducing Radagast, Mushroom Wizard of the Forest!
In May and June 2023 we completed our fourth annual coast-to-coast mushroom tour, focusing on the northeast states of Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. One key highlight of this tour was the acquisition of Radagast, Mushroom Wizard of the Forest! Plus a few morels, thrown in to boot. Continue reading
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Morel Recap — Spring 2022
There were lots of Blonde and Fire Morels to be found this Spring in the wilderness (Schneider Springs burn area) east of Mt. Rainier. Continue reading
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Fire Morels Abundant in First Forays of the 2018 Season
It’s become tradition for my son Nathan and I to head to Eastern Washington in the Mother’s Day timeframe. This is about the time the Morel Mushrooms begin showing their lovely little heads, typically in areas that have been ravaged by forest fires the prior summer. Continue reading
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“There You Are, My Precious!!!” (My First Morel Find of the Season)
I know … mushroom-obsessed people can be a little creepy sometimes. I felt a bit like Gollum, two weekends ago, when my son Nathan and I went on our first morel-hunting foray down into Oregon, and he snapped this photo of me sneaking up on my first morel find of the season, a nice yellow… Continue reading
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Ready or Not, Morel Hunting Season Is Almost Upon Us!
The Morel may be my favorite mushroom (taste-wise), but the Spring season isn’t my favorite season. There are a few other mushrooms out there in the Spring, but not near as many as in the Fall. So Morels are definitely the focus. Continue reading
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Getting Out There, Part 4: What to Hunt for
ow to prepare for your hunt. Now it’s time to get down to brass tacks. What should you hunt for? Continue reading
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Getting Out There, Part 2: When To Hunt
In this post I’d like to address the question of WHEN to hunt. Here in the Northwest, as with most elsewhere, there are two times of the year most fruitful for hunting mushrooms: Spring and Fall. Continue reading