Mushroom Obsession

September 21, 2023

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. As a reminder: Our mushroom operation is an educational "hobby" business and not designed to generate income. Therefore the forays themselves are FREE. Our goal is to help you understand where the exotic edible mushrooms can be found, and how to identify and hunt for them safely. We do this through 2-hour forays that focus on hiking safety and positive identification. Because this...

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lobsters, morels, Radagast - September 14, 2023

2023 Mushroom Happenings Update

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. We found some nice blond morels in south-central Pennsylvania, and also foraged a lot of ramps, but in general were too late in the season to harvest mushrooms elsewhere. First blonde morel find in the woods of south-central Pennsylvania. The prior spring (2022) we had great luck with fire morels in the Schneider Springs burn area about 15 miles due east of Mt. Rainier in the wilderness, collecting more than 250 morels. But a 2023...

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October 25, 2022

2022 Fall Mushroom Update

While Spring forays (for morels) were fantastic this year, 2022 was a bitter disappointment for Fall mushroom hunting, due primarily to the historically low levels of rainfall here in the Pacific Northwest.

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August 31, 2022