Mushrooms

The Wait is Over After months of waiting, watching and hoping it seems like the Morels aren’t really going to bless Colorado this year with their presence.  Of course last was a banner [...]

Juicy News You may have noticed that we’ve been unusually quiet on the blog lately. There’s a really good reason and now that it’s official, it’s time to spill the beans. [...]

The Hunt Must Go On We’ve been dreaming and scheming about chasing burn morels across Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado all year. With COVID-19 and dry weather across the four states, [...]

Learn Colorado’s Wild Mushrooms Western Colorado is home to many species of edible gourmet mushrooms including morels, oysters, porcini and chanterelle. Learn when, where and how to forage [...]

Good Books Are One of the Joys of Foraging Just like our well worn knives and bags, our favorite books are not only dear to us, but also incredibly important tools. While you are sheltering in [...]

Are you a Coloradan thinking about getting out and foraging for mushrooms this season? Getting started doesn’t need to be daunting! Think about it as “hiking with purpose” while [...]

Hunkering Down Trent and I have been self-isolating here in Glenwood Springs, CO like so many of the rest of you out there. With all these emotional ups and downs, some days it feels like a [...]

We Get Around Time flies when you are having fun, and what a year it has been! We’ve taken a bit of a break from writing, totally unplanned, but here we are – it’s almost 2020. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]