Posts Tagged ‘matsutake’

Goodbye Cantharellus AB, Hello Matsutake AB

Awhile back I wrote a post wondering What Ever Happened to Cantharellus AB? It must have been in the early 90′s when I first heard about the company, which had been formed to commercialize the production of chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius) mushrooms. I even received a call from the company president in the lab at UT [...]

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Bend Bulletin Takes a Close Look at Matsutake Harvest

Thanks to a tip from an Oregonian I had contacted looking to get some inside information on the local matsutake season, I found out about Mushroom Moderators by Kate Ramsayer. An excerpt: “Matsutake mushrooms draw roughly 1,000 people to the woods southwest of La Pine each year. The harvesters, many of whom speak little or [...]

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It’s Matsutake Time in Oregon

It’s official; a mushroom rush will begin on Tuesday, September 8 in the woods of Orgon. Lucrative Matsutake Mushroom Season Opens In Oregon by Ethan Lindsey has the story. “Mushroom hunting season is here. And for residents of Chemult, about an hour south of Bend, the next two months are pretty crazy. Gidget Flanagan: “We [...]

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