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 03/19/2010 09:46:20 PM · #26
When I get back from Phoenix on Tuesday I'm going to head up to a 50 acre burn from last year and mosey around. I have no idea if it's too early, but it's down on the valley floor and it will be fun anyway. Here's to hoping.
 03/19/2010 09:59:54 PM · #27
Don't know the time to hunt in the Pacific Northwest but a hunter I know said April is the time to find them here. Good luck Doc!
 03/19/2010 11:30:28 PM · #28
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Was wondering if anybody has tips?

Don't eat these ... :-)
03/19/2010 11:40:46 PM · #29
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Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Was wondering if anybody has tips?

Don't eat these ... :-)

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Image borrowed from Art Roflmao

03/23/2010 03:13:21 PM · #30
OK, I'm heading out on a beautiful day for some hunting. The family isn't around so I thought I'd record where I'm headed since it's gonna be some bushwhacking. I'll be around 43.57.10 degN and 123.30.05 degW. I'll check in tonight. This is probably overkill, but I harken back to good old Steve... :)
 03/23/2010 03:15:54 PM · #31
OK... sent these coordinates to the military (43.57.10 degN and 123.30.05 degW.)... seems they need target practice. :O)

Ray
 03/23/2010 03:25:37 PM · #32
Oooh, I can see Doc on Google Earth! *waves*
 03/23/2010 03:45:53 PM · #33
I knew David Arora for a couple of years in college ... besides demystifying mushrooms he was a pretty good pool and table tennis player ... ;-)
 03/23/2010 08:12:10 PM · #34
Well, I'm back! Totally skunked. I didn't even get to the burn site I wanted to as they were logging in the area and the place was "off limits" to motor vehicles. So I tooled around another slash area that had been lightly burned. Didn't see a single mushroom. :P But it was fun anyway. I wasn't holding out high hopes for finding something my very first time out.
 03/23/2010 08:20:01 PM · #35
keep an eye out for these

hmmm

Message edited by author 2010-03-23 20:23:42.
 09/13/2010 05:41:11 PM · #36
Went on a six mile hike at the coast today and managed to come up with a few pounds of chanterelles. Woo hoo!

09/13/2010 05:46:34 PM · #37
Mmmmm yummm...picked morels and pine mushrooms, which grow only in the fall in the Pacific NorthWest, at the base of pine trees. Very sought after, the Asian market was paying ridiculous prices for them. I sold one graded A1 for $35! And only a few years previous, they were selling for $450 a pound.
 09/13/2010 05:51:09 PM · #38
Originally posted by snaffles:
Mmmmm yummm...picked morels and pine mushrooms, which grow only in the fall in the Pacific NorthWest, at the base of pine trees. Very sought after, the Asian market was paying ridiculous prices for them. I sold one graded A1 for $35! And only a few years previous, they were selling for $450 a pound.


I always thought morels were a spring thing, but I've never ever found any. I'll have to learn what a pine mushroom looks like. :)
 09/13/2010 06:00:31 PM · #39
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by snaffles:
Mmmmm yummm...picked morels and pine mushrooms, which grow only in the fall in the Pacific NorthWest, at the base of pine trees. Very sought after, the Asian market was paying ridiculous prices for them. I sold one graded A1 for $35! And only a few years previous, they were selling for $450 a pound.


I always thought morels were a spring thing, but I've never ever found any. I'll have to learn what a pine mushroom looks like. :)


They tend to smell a bit like cinnamon. When they first emerge from the ground they have a 'veil' over them, as they get bigger they spread out more in size so they're about salad-plate size at their biggest. I think the Latin name includes the name ponderosa. Hope this helps! :-)

ETA //ponderosa-mushrooms.com/descriptions.htm

There you go, they're right between the lobster mushroom and the morels. Happy hunting!

Message edited by author 2010-09-13 18:05:21.
 09/13/2010 06:08:57 PM · #40
Originally posted by snaffles:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by snaffles:
Mmmmm yummm...picked morels and pine mushrooms, which grow only in the fall in the Pacific NorthWest, at the base of pine trees. Very sought after, the Asian market was paying ridiculous prices for them. I sold one graded A1 for $35! And only a few years previous, they were selling for $450 a pound.


I always thought morels were a spring thing, but I've never ever found any. I'll have to learn what a pine mushroom looks like. :)


They tend to smell a bit like cinnamon. When they first emerge from the ground they have a 'veil' over them, as they get bigger they spread out more in size so they're about salad-plate size at their biggest. I think the Latin name includes the name ponderosa. Hope this helps! :-)

ETA //ponderosa-mushrooms.com/descriptions.htm

There you go, they're right between the lobster mushroom and the morels. Happy hunting!


I think I found them. Are they matsutakes? We buy those from the farmer's market in Eugene. The kids love them. They are only $6 for maybe 1/3 pound.

EDIT: Whoops. I asked my wife and she said they are maitake, not matsutakes... :) Well, I'll have to keep an eye out for these monsters, although I'd have no idea who to sell them to.


Message edited by author 2010-09-13 18:12:17.
 09/13/2010 06:13:44 PM · #41
Hey, the mushroom thread is back!
Got a few for ID that I wasn't too sure about after looking through my field guide.

Those are about... 5-6 inches tall. growing in a patch. Haven't seen them before.

I've seen these before, they grow in little patches like this. 4-5 inches in diameter, didn't disturb them for a photo underneath.

And a couple other pics from my travels-
These guys were EVERYWHERE this year- king bolette. Tasty eating.

Just don't do this...


Also, interesting article about the big mushroom gathering here in Colorado a bit ago.Mad about mushrooms; a foray for fungi
Colorado had a bumper crop of mushrooms this year- still, I never saw a single morel despite spending ample time in the mountains.

Message edited by author 2010-09-13 18:14:15.
 09/13/2010 06:16:25 PM · #42
White morels can be found by streams apparently and are the giant sized ones. Black morels are best hunted the year after a burn. That's what I know about them, but I haven't had the luck of finding them yet. :) I keep my eye on where the forest fires have been though...
 09/13/2010 07:15:37 PM · #43
Yep the pine mushrooms are also known as matsutakes!

And if you're finding big pine mushrooms, then they are considered waayyyy down the quality scale, or so I knew way back when. The same day I sold the grade A1 for $35, I also sold a grade 4 for $10. I used to make immense quantities of cream of mushroom soup from the so-called rejects.

Anyway, you'll know if there are mushroom buyers in town, they'll have signs up saying 'Mushroom Buyer Here' or similar. Usually in spray paint on sandwich boards. Up in Terrace, in the middle of NW British Columbia, the tree planters who came up for the summer, would often stay til October/November so they could also make some $$ selling pine mushrooms to the buyers. Have no idea what the market is like now; that $450/lb was for not only grade A1s but dried, too.

Anyway have fun and happy eating!
 09/13/2010 07:35:01 PM · #44
Originally posted by spiritualspatula:

Those are about... 5-6 inches tall. growing in a patch. Haven't seen them before.

That looks like a shaggy mane to me.

I waited all year for the hen of the woods shrooms to grow back in my yard, but then I was out of state for several weeks when they came up. By the time I got back, they were well past their prime. :-(
 09/13/2010 07:35:27 PM · #45
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Went on a six mile hike at the coast today and managed to come up with a few pounds of chanterelles. Woo hoo!


Yummy!
 09/13/2010 07:48:08 PM · #46
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Went on a six mile hike at the coast today and managed to come up with a few pounds of chanterelles. Woo hoo!


Yummy!


Come on over! Get on the I-90. Take a left at the I-5 and get off at the Eugene exit. We'll keep a plate warm. :)
 09/13/2010 07:53:05 PM · #47
Cool thread. We always see mushrooms while hiking. I wonder if anyone knows about these? I think the bread dough one is edible. MEC has a mushroom book for our area that I should get. Also, beware of false morels.



Message edited by author 2010-09-13 19:53:47.
 09/13/2010 08:50:42 PM · #48
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by spiritualspatula:

Those are about... 5-6 inches tall. growing in a patch. Haven't seen them before.

That looks like a shaggy mane to me.

I waited all year for the hen of the woods shrooms to grow back in my yard, but then I was out of state for several weeks when they came up. By the time I got back, they were well past their prime. :-(


That's what I thought it was from memory, but then once I reread the description and looked at some others that have significant variance in their appearance, became doubtful as to if it was an odd looking inedible one or a shaggy.
09/13/2010 09:44:10 PM · #49
Originally posted by Louis:


This could be a giant puffball which is edible, but I don't have any experience to say for sure.
 09/13/2010 10:03:04 PM · #50
Yeah, that's what ghostlyspoon thinks too. I really should get that book... this is one of the few I remember from it. aren't you nervous about eating mushrooms? Not sure I'd ultimately have the courage.
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