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Now that the book has had a pretty good test run, I thought it might be fun to do a little FAQ, answer some questions, and share some of my favorite reviews so far.

As March comes to a close, many early season burn morel hunters are frustrated. This is especially true in Oregon where low elevation burn areas are just starting to go off and the public is not [...]

Where’s the Snow Colorado? Have you been paying attention to our diminishing snowpack here in Colorado?  People are starting to get a bit worried, especially in the mushroom community. [...]

One of the fires I am most excited about in Colorado is the Mullen Fire, which is actually mostly in Wyoming. This fire is 297 square miles and offers promising habitat. Modern Forager’s [...]

Morel Mania Begins We are excited to officially release our 2021 burn morel maps! These maps detail forest fires from the huge 2020 fire season that are promising for burn morels. The West had a [...]

Year of the Chaga Trent and I visited Minnesota twice in 2020. We have a family cabin in the Northwoods near Grand Rapids, MN. I have been visiting my late grandparent’s cabin at Beaver Bay [...]

Details on how we make our medicinal mushroom tinctures with a dual extraction: reishi, cordycep, lion's mane, turkey tail, chaga, artist's conk and more...

Thinking about Christmas gifts for your favorite mushroom hunter? Here's a list of 57 foraging products we love.

Hunting the mystical matsutake each fall in the Oregon dunes has becoming a tradition for us. Last year we found matsutake in Colorado for the first time and had a blast immersing ourselves in [...]

Hello Friends Spoiler alert: if you have heard enough of all this book talk, skip to the end for a delicious morel recipe! Read on for the story of Wild Mushrooms…  While Trent and I [...]