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Happy Halloween from Mushroom Obsession!
What could be better than a spooky Halloween breakfast made from some choice edible mushrooms that you’ve probably never seen in the supers? Continue reading
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October Forays in the Gifford Pinchot
October 2024 saw some truly fantastic group mushroom forays in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest! We foraged large quantities of Golden Chanterelles, Lobsters, Admirable and other Boletes, Puffballs, Wood Hedgehogs (and two Giant White Hedgehogs), Apricot and White Jellies, Black Western Elfin Saddles, Shaggy Mane (Ink Caps) … and more! Continue reading
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2023 Fall Mushroom Forays Announced
Great news! A research foray this week has revealed that many desirable mushrooms are now going in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. So we are now planning specific foray dates and hope you will be a part. Continue reading
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2022 Fall Mushroom Update
Fall 2022 was a mushroom season to forget in the Pacific Northwest. This post chronicles my misadventures. 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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Getting Ready for Fall Forays at the Foothills Southwest of Mt. Rainier
Mushrooms were sparse in a research foray for the Fall 2022 season in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. However, I made a new friend … Continue reading
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Fall Forays Are Happening Now in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest!
If you haven’t yet joined a MushroomObsession free foray, you will enjoy the experience. Contact me for instructions. Continue reading
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Coast to Coast Fall Mushroom Tour 2019
Accompanied by my son-in-law Mike for a good portion of it, I was privileged last month to launch Mushroom Obsession’s Fall 2019 Coast-to-Coast Mushroom Tour! Here’s a quick report of the outbound leg (Washington to Pennsylvania) Continue reading
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Don’t Look Now, But There’s a Humongous Fungus Among Us!
First stop on our seven-day National Mushroom Tour was the Malheur National Forest in northeast Oregon, home of the world’s largest single living organism, an Armillaria ostoyae (Honey Mushroom) infestation in the pine forest Continue reading
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Fall Season Still Going Strong: A Cornucopia of Shrooms!
Every week I’m out there (on the slopes of Mt. Rainier) hunting this fall, there seems to be a different variety of exotic mushrooms predominating. At first (about a month or so ago) it was Lobsters, loads of Lobsters. Then shortly after that the Chanterelles started, but didn’t come in as strong as usual; but… Continue reading
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