Trent recently posted about the safety of eating morels that are foraged in burn zones due to the use of fire retardants in the area. You can find the original post here. Here my key takeaways from the article. Firefighters have a much greater exposure to these chemicals than a typical forager. So far there…
As we pass the winter solstice and look back on a fungi-filled autumn, here’s a fun reimagining of the 12 days of Christmas for all of you mycophiles.
Mushroom season is heavily dependent on cycles of rain, temperature, and food availability. The following charts illustrate monthly averages for high, low, and precipitation for a selection of cities. Some of these also include a summary of iNaturalist observations by month to help highlight differences among various locations. If you find this interesting and would…
As I learn more about mushrooms and spend more time observing them in the forest, it’s fun to find ways to incorporate them at home. In addition to annual cooking traditions, such as creamy chanterelle soup in the fall and spring king bolete tapenade, I’m starting to explore other ways to incorporate mushrooms at home…
This started as a page that listed poisonous mushrooms in our region however ‘poisonous’ is loosely defined, and this could be an enormous list with scientific names and few useful photos. There are well over 1000 mushroom species in our region and identifying many of them correctly can be very challenging. In addition, ‘edible’ mushrooms…
One can find morels in some unexpected places, and at unexpected times. This week I found morels in the Sisters Wilderness area outside of Bend, Oregon. August is the latest I have found these. I created a 3D model of this one. You can manipulate the model on your own Burn Morel by Jeremysea on…
Kristi and I have been hiking the Pacific Crest Trail since May 6. We are currently in Southern Oregon near Ashland and should be to Crater Lake early next week. I’m posting updates on our trek to my personal FB and IG pages as well as a trek-specific blog section here If you are interested…
Kristi and I completed our first 1000 miles on trail heading into Castle Crags near Dunsmuir, CA. Here are most of the interesting mushrooms we found in this section from mid July. This video is a pretty accurate representation of what any dedicated mushroom-searcher would have found walking over this 80(?) mile stretch It’s dry….