Hey Jim, I happen to work in a lab so I have access to an inverted scope. It is a Nikon Diaphot with a Nikon dxm1200 Camera. The spores were collected by...
Very, very cool stuff, Mitch. Love the photos. David W. Fischer Mycologist, Author, Photographer, Musician Coauthor, Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America...
well I felt a return trip after Wednesday's picking would be good. So i hit the woods this morning and found 306 yellows in 3 hours. Not bad for an area I had...
Hi, Do you have to be a member of WPMC to attend the walk tomorrow? I saw it here and on the website & would like to attend, but I'm not a club member. If the...
The Pine Ridge Lodge Walk is sponsored by the Friends of the Park of Indiana County. One word of caution, read the directions carefully. It is not held at the...
Hello, I was out collecting morels last night, filled up my bag with some very nice large yellow morels in prime condition. Then I filled up my other bag then...
I am going to be getting some new mushroom collecting bags. The older one I have my mother made from using nylon camo netting and it had a nice draw string....
After about three hours of searching, my wife found a small cache of various morels. Found 'em in an old remote apple orchard. I posted a couple photos....
Hi - I missed the foray at Mingo Park so I went out this morning alone and found around 50 yellows and a few half free morels! I was wondering what the best...
... alone ... wondering ... your ... Hello, When we find a large amount of mushrooms, Drying them is best for a later use.... If you want you can cut them in...
Keep posting pictures Mitch, [:)] I'm going to try soaking spores the next time I try to grow something. I found some morels a couple of days ago at a dump...
I've been seeing a lot of coprinus and Psathyrella for a while at the base of trees as well as Dryad's saddle almost everywhere. This week on my walk to the...
You can buy mesh bags at some sporting goods stores but I suggest that you stop by your friendly and helpful local hardware store and purchase an onion bag....
Wasn't able to attend the Pine Ridge walk, but since the park is fairly close to me I was wondering how everybody did? Hope the rain didn't put a damper on...
The woods here in Ohio looks like a dryads saddle convention. It seems a shame that any mushroom as cooperative and magnificant as Polyporus squamosa has a...
The woods here in Ohio looks like a dryads saddle convention. It seems a shame that any mushroom as cooperative and magnificant as Polyporus squamosa has a...
Hey Dick, I eat some every year, but only the ones that are very young and the caps haven't expanded. The taste slightly bitter and like cucumbers. It is I...
Hey John, I've started using the non woven polyester bags that Giant Eagle sells beside their check outs as mushroom collecting bags, they are plastic but they...
I go by the rule of the knife. If the knife passes through very very easily near the stem, they can be very good. I don't think the soft edges of a large one...
Hello, I found 7 morels at pine ridge. 5 black, 1 yellow, and 1 half free as well as anout 7 stalks from ones that got picked. It was a beautiful day and a...
Last week, Morel Maddness Weekend walk and programs we had 155 people attend, 65 of which camped for the weekend. Saturday's Pine Ridge program and walk with...
Here is a link for the swiss folding mushroom basket http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=330196464409&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123 Here is a...
Here is a link for the swiss folding mushroom basket http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=330196464409&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123 Here is a...
May 10 -- 10:00-12:00, Return to Mingo Creek, Washington County. Meet John Plischke III and Kim Plischke. We will take a walk and hunt mushrooms. I 70 to Exit...
Hello all, I like to ask anyone who would know what mushroom species I am holding? Are these "Yellow-orange Fly Agaric? Description: Orange-red to yellowish...
…and after bagging the mushrooms, I walk about collecting the walking sticks of others who, after experiencing the excitement of another find, have wandered...
Someone asked if we have been finding mushrooms other than morels. The answer is yes! Becky found horse mushrooms on the way to Pine Ridge and wine cap...