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When hunting for morel (morchella esculenta)--and many of the most edible and delectable wild mushrooms--the best thing to do is counter...

In the midwest, no other wild mushroom has captured the attention and the imagination of so many people as has the morel mushroom. It is...

I love names that include “of the Woods” because it sounds so country in an endearing kind of way, but also most Japanese names just...

If you’re walking through the woods, and you find a mushroom that makes you think: “wow, look at this [or all these]! We got a...

The Cortinarius genus is one of my favorites. It yields a number of big and beautiful mushrooms with colorful features. These attractive...

Over ten years ago, before I regularly hunted mushrooms, I remember first coming across these gnarled creatures growing from the ground....

Since I was about 18, when walking through a forest I didn’t just see a sea of green leaves propped up by huge brown masts. Well, I mean...

The hedgehog mushroom (Dentinum repandum) is honestly one of my absolute favorite wild harvested mushrooms in the midwest. It has a...

The Amanita family of mushrooms is home to some of the most ubiquitous and classically beautiful mushrooms on the planet. That...

The chanterelle is different from the morel in the midwestern US, in the sense that it is bright yellow or orange and is easy to spot...

I meet a lot of folks who, after I tell them that I am an avid forager, will say “I’ve always wanted to get into that but don’t know...

Bright orange and forming large shelf colonies along dead logs, these attractive and abundant mushrooms are some of the most rewarding...

Let's talk a little about one of the lesser celebrated wild foragibles: the oyster mushroom (ostreatus pleurotus). This mushroom is...

Morel mushrooms, at least here in Minnesota where I am based out of, are the golden child  of wild harvested mushrooms. Aside from...

Before you can find morels, you have to know what to look for. By that, I do not mean the signs that the season is here in terms of...

When you go fishing, sometimes you come home to show off a big beautiful trophy fish. Sometimes you just bring home a bunch of bluegill...