Posts Tagged ‘morels’

Anthony Doerr Strikes it “Rich” With Fungus

A nice op-ed piece appeared on July 2, 2010 at the website of the New York Times. Not your typical, “this is what it is like on a morel hunt” piece, Anthony Doerr (seemingly writing from McCall, Idaho) gives us glimpse into what a pleasant diversion from the troubles of the world can be had [...]

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Gearing Up For Morel Season

Word on the web is that people are getting excited about morels. One of the guys MycoRant follows on  twitter has mentioned getting his gear ready and making a few preliminary forays to check things out. In fact reports are already starting to come in about successful hunts.
‘Shroom, ’shroom, ’shroom: Guess who went morel [...]

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Calling Dr. Gary Mills

Well, MycoRant will help if possible. I got a message today from someone who is looking for one Dr. Gary Mills. The request is as follows, as it was received:
Dear Sir —–
I am trying to locate Dr. Gary Mills, who once worked for Terry Farms, (producer of farmed morels, based on Dr. Mills’ [...]

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Some Recent Notes On Morel Mushrooms

University of Illinois Offers Morel Hunting Workshop
The University of Illinois extension service will offer a morel mushroom hunting workshop on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 1-2:30 PM. According to Morel mushroom hunting workshop at the U of I Extension:
University of Illinois Extension Henderson-Mercer-Warren unit will offer a workshop on morel mushroom hunting at the Warren [...]

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Canadian Mushroom Rush In Progress

There’s a mushroom rush in progress. Near Fort Smith, in Canada’s Northwest Territories,  some people have set up camp near a burn zone and are raking in $200 to $500 a day picking morels (at a mere $5 per pound!). Note to author: They are “morels” not “morales!”
From the pictures, they look like they “might” [...]

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