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Foraging for morels and finding amanitas
I recently downloaded the pro edition of the cool “Geoforager” app. It has a “probability of morels” overlay (on top of 2025 burns and other features) designed to predict where you are most likely intended to find burn morels. But does that work? Read on. This week I traveled to one of those spots, about… Continue reading
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Fall Forays Update
Here’s an update on Fall Mushroom Forays in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, and a schedule of upcoming foraging opportunities. Continue reading
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Lobsters, Lobsters, Lobsters!
This pile of Lobster mushrooms (average size about that of my fist) is just a fraction of what we found during our three forays this past weekend! Read on for tips and recipes. Continue reading
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September 10 Research Foray Results: The Mushrooms Await!
The classic fall mushrooms here in the Pacific Northwest — Golden Chanterelles and Lobsters — are fruiting now. You are invited to join a free two-hour foray to learn how and where to find them! Continue reading
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Fall 2025 Mushroom Forays Scheduled
The mushrooms are popping and Fall forays have begun! The following are scheduled. Forums with partial availability (one to three people) are in italics: Additional weekday forays might also be possible by special arrangement. Specific foray dates may change due to weather or other considerations. Forays may include a maximum of five individuals plus a… Continue reading
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Fall 2025 Mushrooms Popping Early!
Exotic edible Fall mushrooms are appearing early near Mt. Rainier in Washington State. Continue reading
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I’ve Grown Fond of a Devil of a Plant
I’m going to depart for a moment from my usual topic (mushrooms, of course) to talk about a plant that I once considered a major irritation (quite literally), but have grown increasingly fond of over the years I’ve grown to know it: the Devil’s Club. Devil’s Club (Oplopanax horridus) is a very prehistoric-looking, large-leafed, spine-covered… Continue reading
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A report on our 2025 national spring tour!
Our 2025 national spring foraging tour occurred May 2 through May 28, our sixth consecutive such trip. Please enjoy this report on how it went. We launched the tour on May 2 when I picked up my son-in-law, Michael Teeter, from the SeaTac airport and we proceeded east. Our first night was spent in the… Continue reading
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New and Improved Foraging
This week some friends gave me a wonderful gift … a delightful book by forager and chef Robin Kort, The Coastal Foragers Cookbook: Feasting Wild in the Pacific Northwest. Naturally she talks a lot about wonderful mushrooms I am well-acquainted with, but much more as well: edible plants, berries, seaweed and shellfish. She also provides… Continue reading
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My winter project: An exotic edible (and medicinal) mushroom farm
I busied myself this winter by creating a “mushroom log farm” on my property. I am hopeful for the eventual appearance of nearly 100 pounds per year of 14 different varieties of exotic edible and medicinal mushrooms. Continue reading
Mushroom Obsession
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