Posts Tagged ‘mushroom hunting’
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 [...]
Tags: essay, morels, mushroom hunting, nature walk
I do not know how Kevin Lewis of Boston.com found out about a forthcoming Evolution and Human Behavior paper by Pacheco-Cobos, L. et al., “Sex Differences in Mushroom Gathering: Men Expend More Energy to Obtain Equivalent Benefits” but you gotta’ respect him for it. In his column, Uncommon Knowledge, Lewis briefly describes the [...]
Tags: gathering mushrooms, human behavior, mushroom gathering, mushroom hunting
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 [...]
Tags: Morchella, morels, mushroom hunting
Avoid Wild Mushrooms, State Urges! Serious Illness, Death Possible!
Well…yeah, so what? Kind of makes sense considering that California has tried to prevent the sale of wild mushrooms in some locales.
State health officials on Friday reminded Californians that collecting and eating wild mushrooms can cause serious illness and even death. According to the California Poison Control [...]
Tags: California, mushroom hunting, poisoning
Thanks to a tip from Fungi Insider, the blog from Fungi Magazine, we learn that Gary Lincoff recently had a talk with Martha Stewart about wild mushrooms. According to Martha’a website:
Gary Lincoff shares a glossary of mushrooms and explains the tools needed to mushroom hunt.
Here is Guide to Wild Mushrooms.
Links to a few other mushroom-oriented [...]
Tags: Lincoff, Martha Stewart, mushroom hunting
“The wild mushroom season has started in Finnish forests. Chanterelles were the first to appear, and the first boletus mushrooms have also been found.” This, according to the article Mushroom Season Underway, appearing at YLE.com.
More on Finnish mushrooms:
Food from Finland: Mushrooms
Fantastic Mushroom Season
Wild Mushrooms at a Market in Finland
A Mushroom Dye workshop [...]
Tags: Finland, mushroom hunting
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” [...]
Tags: morels, mushroom hunting
