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Found another pair of Umbellatus. And a nice batch of Lobsters. Of course I can't seem to find any trumpets to save my life.

Things have been busy in the north country! We've already picked several pounds of chants and various other summer edibles. The best picking of the season is from now through early October! Be sure to catch Minnesota Bound on the 27th to catch some MN chanterelle madness!

Alan Bergo has posted a video of him picking a few young ones....this is weeks early. But hey, I'm not going to complain!

Stick in Mud's female companion was at bachelorette festivities all weekend, so there was a lot of time for walking in the woods. I covered ground all over the center of the state, and in between catching a few walleyes and bass I was able to find a ton of mushrooms. I like looking for the mushrooms that are actually easy to see...no stopping at every good-looking tree to scan the ground for tiny camouflaged mushrooms. The oysters are plentiful now; my only problem was finding those that weren't already past expiration. I probably ended up bringing home 10-15 pounds, enough to help me make it through the winter after the truly delicious mushrooms are all gone from the freezer. I'm also finding a lot of chicken of the woods out there, though it, too, was often past prime and so was left to its colorful forest functions. Most surprising was the number of morels I found....though they were also past prime and no longer edible. I found quite a few spots with two to ten of them, but this morning I found a huge patch--I counted something like 55 of them--and almost all of them were gigantic. They sure are much, much easier to see when they're 10'' high compared to when they're little grays. It's a bit frustrating to miss so many, but at least I have a few more spots for next year. Oh yes, and the mosquitoes are finally out with a vengeance.