“What did the girl mushroom say to the boy mushroom?” “You’re a fun guy.” Fun indeed. When the rain finally arrived this fall, my wife and I added mushroom hunting to our daily walks. Recently we have found 10 or more species at most of our favorite locations, like Sue-meg State Park (where collecting mushrooms […]
Mushroom hunting
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Local Mushroom Hunters Come Out of the Woods on NPR
Put down that forkful of chanterelle pasta for a minute. If you’re a fungi fan, you already know the stars and weather have aligned for a bumper crop of mushrooms this year. And if you’re dialed in to the Mushroom Hunters of Humboldt Facebook group, you may have already seen Dan Gebhart and Jordan Anderson’s epic […]
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Magnificent Matsutake Mushrooms
As soon as the wet late autumn steps in, my excitement for wild mushrooms grows. When I receive texts or calls from my mushroom foraging friends, I feel like a child on Christmas morning. I’m so grateful to live on the North Coast with its beautiful surroundings, great weather and so much food you can […]
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Shared Secrets
It makes sense for restaurant cooks to be jealous of their best recipes. I remember years ago teaching myself to make croissants. Nena Creasy, a great cook who lived nearby above the Klamath River, even gave me a big marble slab to roll out the layers of dough with butter and then more butter. I […]