1 1/2" reddish brown new baby natural morels are just now starting at 3,900' in the central Sierra. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
This posted on behalf of Larry Stickney: We need not be surprised that fungi were found in that publication. Field & Stream's long time Editor in the...
That was a very nice pictorial on morels;thanks for bringing it to our attention Ryane. And how lovely to get that interesting historical perspective from...
Friend went into the El Dorado RS on Friday to ask about the local burn sites. Folks there had no real info to give her about those but did say they thought...
The ranger at the Foresthill station told me last week that the Forestry Dept has not completed the computer program for the permits. So they could not issue...
In my experience, even on a normal day the folks at the Eldorado Ranger Station in Pollock Pines (where I typically go) act quite confused and unsure when...
Almost 3 weeks ago I stopped at the Pollock Pines office for a firewood permit, and to fish for morel information, thinking that I would at least be told of a...
Hi, Anyone interested in heading east or northeast this coming weekend? Thinking of leaving Friday morning, coming back Saturday night. Not too experienced...
The Tahoe NF (Foresthill) is obviously not the El Dorado NF and, in my experience dealing with Ranger Station's (RS) and NF jurisdictions, those folks rarely...
Good luck to you Oron, and all who go with you, and be sure and report back! Sounds like areas around 4,000' will be your best bet, but things could change...
The below remarks are from Dr. Roy Halling in response to my plaintive complaint when yet another mushroom had a name change on MO (in this case an interesting...
I can try to answer the questions in your final paragraph: There is, indeed "fruiting overlap" and chefs do not care--as long as the mushrooms are called...
Debbie, can't speak of the entire Sierra Nevada, but in my experience along the axes of Hwy 120, which I have explored heavily, from 3,500 to 10,000 feet, the...
And to make a further point on what you said: the zones for the two mushrooms are different, different elevations, different myco partners. But commercially...
actually Dimi, it's both: memorizing and understanding. that can be joyous to some and frustrating to others. and it's not just me bitching about the new...
Hi everyone, BAMS is joining the Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz for a morel and bolete hunt on the weekend of May 15-17, 2009, at the PiPi Campground. This...
A couple of times already this season I've stopped into National Forest ranger stations in various districts to inquire about mushrooms, permits, fires, timber...
Hmmm, you found these? Pretty scanty on the details Hugh. We want to know if we should be invading and meeting you for a foray... ... [Non-text portions of...
It sure looks like all of our duckies are lining up for our joint morel foray in two weeks. As Patrick noted, there was a recent controlled burn in the area;...
Around McCall, Idaho I have found Boletus edulis in early June (though I have not found what I presume is Boletus rex-veris near McCall). Thus depending on...
This is interesting, potentially very significant -- I think there should be plenty of B. pinophilus sequence information directly from Europe. There are some...
And one more thing -- McCall Idaho follows the Continental Climate patterns -- there are plenty of Boletus edulis in Europe in June, as well as B. pinophilus...