2020 Morel Burn Map Index
I will be sharing 2020 morel burn maps soon but wanted to start with this index overview map. Members can check the Watch & Read section for map updates. Burn Map 2020 – Index
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Some important points on finding, foraging, and eating mushrooms
Some mushrooms are deadly poisonous. Others can cause serious liver or kidney damage. Some of these can look similar to edible mushrooms. The most seriously poisonous mushrooms are pretty easy to identify. Learn these and don’t eat anything that you can’t tell apart from them. Don’t eat any mushroom without knowing the common lookalikes and…
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South Fork Skokomish – Olympics
In past years my mushroom season ended by early November. I simply didn’t realize how far into the fall mushrooms continued to fruit. November is the time to stick to low elevation areas like river valleys and coastal areas. I wanted to make a run for coastal Olympic Peninsula but the drive was a little…
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Finding your spots
Many mushroom hunters are quite secretive about their spots. This is because once you find an area that produces a large number of mushrooms, it may continue producing for years. I don’t have secret spots. You can see everywhere I go right here. I do enjoy exploring though. Here I share some of the tools…
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PNW Trees
Forest and fungal ecosystems are so connected with one another that it can be nearly impossible to have one without the other. Learning to recognize different tree species can be helpful for determining the identity of a mushroom and also help you to find areas most likely to contain mushroom species you are hunting. For…
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Armchair Foray – Middle Fork Snoqualmie
Here is a selection of some of my finds from a day in the central cascades on Oct 8
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Pacific Northwest Chanterelles and Lookalikes
Chanterelles can be found all over the Pacific Northwest but in our region, they most commonly associate with Douglas Fir and Western Hemlock trees.
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November mushrooms – I’ll follow you anywhere
On Wednesday we talked about some of the more reliable places to find mushrooms in the PNW, and when the season peaks as you look down the coast to southern California.
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Washington Trees
Finding mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest is much easier when you know what habitat to find specific mushrooms. For instance, the pacific golden chanterelle can be found with Douglas fir and western hemlock. It isn’t too hard to learn the most common trees in the Pacific Northwest, or even where to find them. I made…
