Mushroom Hunting in Western Washington

[jinj]

Wear orange where ever you go.

[forgeron]

Western Washington is one of the best places in the world for mushroom hunting. There are definitely morels, and many, many others. For more information, and to find a community of people who are enthusiastic and extremely knowledgeable about mushrooms, visit the website of the Puget Sound Mycological Society at Puget Sound Mycological Society: Homepage

[ajshroom]

tacoma and gig harbor washington is where im from. What kinds are best or most common and where can i find some..... i have also been looking for a small handbook, any suggestions?

[Ratski_8]

Originally Posted by Ratski_8

Humm I am moving to Forks Wa. sounds like a great place to hunt mushrooms in the rain forrest.
I am intrested in finding things to do up there for fun out side rain or not.

I have been in the woods now 7 or 8 times, and collecting chantrell mushrooms, with a local Back woods hippy/ logger, we have had a great time collecting Mushrooms. I had to buy a good set of hightop boots or risk a sprained ankel in the woods ....Not good, There are soft spots on the forest floor and you can find your foot drop deep in them, and climing out of them can be a challage. Lots of exerosize and easy to get lost if you don't pay attension to where you are going and where have been, we use hill sides to keep track of our path, ans we keep the road below us so the way out in allway down. Good luck

[KAILANI]

HELP!!!

I am hopelessly searching for Chanterelles. Could someone PLEASE post a pic of some that you have picked.
It seems I am finding false ones. I don't want to get poisoned!!!!

[charleecrat]

Please be careful when selecting mushrooms. Im sure you guys know what you are doing but reading these posts remind me of a story I heard when my son was a baby. Here in Texas it dosent rain constantly like Washington but after a few days rain, this baby was outside in his backyard playing. Apparently some kind of mushroom sprouted in his yard and he picked them up and ate some. He came inside a short while later feeling ill. His mom saw blood in his diaper. he was dead by the time he made it to the hospital. They were some kind of bad poisionous type. After I heard that, it scared me about eating wild mushrooms. Im sure if you know what you are doing things will be find. Im just asking you make sure. Ill never forget that story and really watched my baby after that when we had rains. Ive seen weird mushrooms in my yard from time to time. I just push them down and toss them in the trash.