Edible Mushrooms & Wild Food Forage

Answer the call of nature

Modern foragers find few things more exciting than walking into the forest and locating our own delicious source of wild edibles. Driven by the thrill of the hunt we can walk, hike, bike or drive miles upon miles to locate that special, hidden cache of edible mushrooms or wild foods. Nature’s rewards are always well worth the effort.

Colorado Burn Morel 2019 Update

A Good Season Western Colorado has been kind to local morel hunters thus far in 2019. It started this Winter with an above-average snow pack. In spring, lower elevations received regular rains while upper elevations collected more snow. Coolish weather has prevailed into June with 70s being more common than 80s and 90s not on […]
Morels and Porcinis in the Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest

On the Mushroom Trail If you follow our adventures, most of you know that we head to the Pacific Northwest each year to chase burn morels. Although we usually trek West one week before and one week after Memorial Day Weekend, this year we had a very important event to be back for – high […]
Guide to Hunting Colorado Wild Asparagus

It’s Wild Asparagus Time in Colorado! Each spring we head out to forage wild asparagus. It is one of my favorite things to find and I don’t even like grocery store asparagus! There is no comparison to these fresh, crunchy and delectable wild shoots. The coolest part? They are right in your backyard, hiding, yet […]
Colorado Burn Morel Hunting Tips

Burn Morel Mapping This is How We Do It While we are getting pounded with snow and rain throughout the state (happy, happy, joy, joy!), what better thing to do on a dreary Friday night than hunt burn morels… online. Yep, you heard me right – I said online! And no, I’m not talking about […]

Understanding Burn Morels

The Facts Is that really a burn morel you found? Maybe not! Get comfortable, we are about to geek out a bit on species identification. Morel hunters in the East and Midwest often have a totally different understanding of a burn morel. For these hunters it is simply a morel that is found somewhere which […]
2019 Burn Morel Maps Now Available

Burn Morel Madness Begins… Now Mania is brewing and the interwebs are heating up with morel photos + discussions about the upcoming spring hunt. While the snow continues to fall in Colorado, we have been feverishly working on our burn morel maps for 2019! This year we have developed a new system: new maps, new […]
Upcoming Foraging Workshops in Grand Junction

JOIN US We are excited to present two workshops at the Explore the Outdoors Expo in Grand Junction on February 9th and 10th, 2019. This will be especially fun because the nearby Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and and Gunnison National Forests are some of our favorite places to hunt! Plus, several major forest fires from the […]
20 Cool Christmas Gifts for Your Favorite Mushroom Hunter

Us mushroom hunters love our shroomery, but it often seems there are few fun products out there that excite. We have collected some great things over the years however, and Etsy has a few tricks up their sleeve. Here are some of our favorites. Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

Yachats Village Mushroom Fest

The first thing you have to know about this festival is how to say it: Yah-Hots with an emphasis on the first syllable. The second thing you have to know is that Cape Perpetua and the Yachats area is a little slice of heaven. We spent several days exploring the coastal areas north and South of Yachats Village and then attending their mushroom festival and we can't wait to go back! It is hard to know where to even start talking about it.
North American Mycological Association Annual Foray

Mycophiles Converge We attended the 2018 NAMA Annual Foray in Salem, Oregon this year and are compelled to offer rave reviews. This was our first time attending the event and we give it high marks for being well organized, educational, fun and affordable. The three day event was October 11-14th at the Macleay Conference Center […]
Experimenting With Mushroom Cultivation

If You Can’t Find Them – Grow Them! The modern forager has to adapt when conditions aren’t conducive. This year was epically hot and dry in Colorado. There were no mushrooms. By August, other foraging opportunities had passed: ditch asparagus was pickled, feral apricots were jammed and leaves were peeped. What to do? Lets grow […]
Wild Mushroom Food Safety Certification

Recently Trent and I ventured to Asheville, NC to complete a wild mushroom food safety certification course taught by Mushroom Mountain’s Tradd Cotter. While we are not planning to step up and start selling foraged mushrooms (it’s a lot of work people!), we wanted to dig in and learn more about our favorite Kingdom: Fungi.

Online Rain Research Resources

Water is on our minds right now as Colorado suffers through a drought. It seems like a good time to share some of our favorite precipitation research tools. We typically use these tools to follow weather patterns and plan mushroom forays. A lack of rain has been a pretty common problem, since, like forever. Advanced […]
Colorado Wild Edible Mushrooms

Rain, Rain, Please Rain While I’m sitting here longing for rain and day dreaming about mushroom season, I thought what better way to stave off the ho-hums than share some information about my favorite Colorado fungi. Normally our season is just beginning right about now, mid-July. It’s perhaps a bit early, but you can usually […]
Summer Morels and High Altitudes in Colorado

Shoulder Season, Wha Wha June can be a tough month in Colorado for mushroom hunters. It’s the shoulder season: spring morels have run their course and the summer heavyweights, porcinis and chanterelles, won’t show up until late July if we’re lucky. This year has been especially tough – low snowpack and not much rain over the […]
Prospect, Oregon – A Mushroom Lover’s Delight

I can’t remember ever having been inspired to review a town after a visit, but Prospect, Oregon should be shared. Trent and I visited a few weeks ago to hunt the Broken Lookout fire just North of town.

June 13, 2019Colorado Burn Morel 2019 Update
A Good Season Western Colorado has been kind to local morel hunters thus far in 2019. It started this Winter with an above-average snow pack. In spring, lower elevations received regular rains [...]
Read more
June 1, 2019Morels and Porcinis in the Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest
On the Mushroom Trail If you follow our adventures, most of you know that we head to the Pacific Northwest each year to chase burn morels. Although we usually trek West one week before and one [...]
Read more
May 13, 2019Guide to Hunting Colorado Wild Asparagus
It’s Wild Asparagus Time in Colorado! Each spring we head out to forage wild asparagus. It is one of my favorite things to find and I don’t even like grocery store asparagus! There is [...]
Read more

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