Any good (mushroom) finds lately?

[leech~~]

I have a real problem this year. I got a Turkey permit. Have you ever tried to look for two things in the woods at once!

[pushbutton]

Hey….. was originally just stirring the maple syrup thread pot, and happened to notice how many hits this thread got over the last few months Am terrible at multitasking as well, but going to give the trout/morel thing a go in Northeast Iowa this year, and it can't come soon enough…..man it is friggin cold out this morning.

[jerkin'm]

I was thinking the turkey/morel thing along the platte river bottoms in Nebraska this spring to get things started a little earlier-it would be cheating a little as I have family with "pre scouted" spots...

[Mid-Lake Rock]

I can't believe you guys are stirring this thread up already....I thought I was safe for a while yet...Now I had to go back through them all and get all antsy again...

I think there is some cabin fever in the air. The other thing is that this forum is so relaxed compared to the others. The mushroom regulars on this forum are very friendly and helpful. No arguments over Vexilar vs. MarCum or other silliness.

Someone should start a new thread: "Chicken v. Hen: Which is better and why?"

[pushbutton]

Think we already have had that debate and it came down to…. Stick likes chewing on cardboard

[Rick G]

Think we already have had that debate and it came down to…. Stick likes chewing on cardboard

nice guy and all...but odd

[NoWiser]

The other thing is that this forum is so relaxed compared to the others. The mushroom regulars on this forum are very friendly and helpful. No arguments over Vexilar vs. MarCum or other silliness.

Speak for yourself. A guy makes one post of a mushroom with his favorite beverage next to it for a size comparison, and he gets relentlessly ridiculed from that point on

Seriously, though, I think you are on to something there. This is probably my favorite forum to visit for that reason. I love how when people post pictures of their finds, it seems to motivate everyone to get off their rear ends and hit the woods, resulting in more pictures and more motivation.

FYI, everyone knows hens are better....

[jerkin'm]

You mean this photo.... As for the hen vs. chicken debate-If I find a nice oozy fresh bulbous chicken, it's every bit as good as any hen... But that's rare and hens are better 9 out of ten times...

[leech~~]

You mean this photo.... As for the hen vs. chicken debate-If I find a nice oozy fresh bulbous chicken, it's every bit as good as any hen... But that's rare and hens are better 9 out of ten times...

I just can't believe some of you guys get away with just loading your shrooms on the kitchen counter.

Next time you do that. Say, Honey come look at the great "Fungus" I brought home!

And see if you get to put it there again!

[Stick in Mud]

Think we already have had that debate and it came down to…. Stick likes chewing on cardboard

What, you mean oysters? I don't like oysters.

At least I drink good beer. Or did drink good beer. Feckin' gluten allergy.

[Stick in Mud]

I just can't believe some of you guys get away with just loading your shrooms on the kitchen counter.

Next time you do that. Say, Honey come look at the great "Fungus" I brought home!

And see if you get to put it there again!

I get in waaaaaaaay more trouble if I DON'T bring any fungi back!!!

[pushbutton]

Stick is right, the great debate was oysters vs chickens. It got ugly…..he even threw Dietz Van Dam under a British double decker bus for liking both oysters and bass fishing. Mid Lake Rock is wrong; the regulars in this forum just use a lot of emoticons to to mask the fervor…….last year alone ….Nowiser had to start drinking hipster beer with skinny jeans on, Jerky called Matt a "fairy", Matt and Stick argue about semantics of taxonomy classifications…..post at your own risk fellas!!! It won't be long before you'll start to see the various mushroom pro staff with all their matching spandex shirts and shorts, carrying designer mesh field bags and eyewear, with each telling you how their sponsored bug spray is the best……...

[Stick in Mud]

At least I drink good beer. Or did drink good beer. Feckin' gluten allergy.

I called my doctor this morning and got some interesting news. Apparently I can drink Busch Light because there's technically not any beer in it.

[jerkin'm]

I called my doctor this morning and got some interesting news. Apparently I can drink Busch Light because there's technically not any beer in it.

[leech~~]

It won't be long before you'll start to see the various mushroom pro staff with all their matching spandex shirts and shorts, carrying designer mesh field bags and eyewear, with each telling you how their sponsored bug spray is the best……...

Hey, ever sport has to have a uniform! Lay off the spandex! And I use one of my wifes delicate mash laundry bags that work just fine, thank you!

[NoWiser]

I called my doctor this morning and got some interesting news. Apparently I can drink Busch Light because there's technically not any beer in it.

That right there had me busting out laughing. I've spent the last 24 hours trying to come up with a witty rebuttal, but I've got nothing. That was perfect.

Regarding getting in trouble for shrooms on the counter... When I first started dating her she wouldn't touch a mushroom with a 10' pole. Now I spend all summer foraging and vacuum sealing. I leave for a hunting trip in the fall and when I get home she has half of my chanterelle stash eaten. Trust me, I don't get any complaining, just a quick warning to "make sure you kill the ants when you are done."

[Stick in Mud]

Stick in Mud....Up by one.

Speaking of disappearing mushroom stashes, my Significant Other does the exact same thing. Came home from a fishing trip to Upper Red, and my hen stash was almost completely gone. I was actually a bit grumpy about it. She blamed it on the dog, but he's pretty particular these days. Last time I fed him some oysters, he spent the next few minutes licking his butt, trying to get the taste out of his mouth.

Now he won't touch a mushroom.

[leech~~]

Stick in Mud....Up by one.

Speaking of disappearing mushroom stashes, my Significant Other does the exact same thing. Came home from a fishing trip to Upper Red, and my hen stash was almost completely gone. I was actually a bit grumpy about it. She blamed it on the dog, but he's pretty particular these days. Last time I fed him some oysters, he spent the next few minutes licking his butt, trying to get the taste out of his mouth.

Now he won't touch a mushroom.

Seems like a lot of animals will not eat shrooms or there wouldn't be any left in the woods. I wonder what they are trying to tell us? They taste like "Butt"

[DARK30]

I know something besides us and the bugs eats morels...deer or rabbits maybe.

Ane yes, no beer in busch light...or coors light....or miller light, etc.

[Stick in Mud]

I've seen quite a few mushrooms with nibbles out of them--even some of the poisonous ones. Why more animals don't eat more mushrooms, I don't know.

Of course, if an animal DOES eat a mushroom, how are we going to know? Maybe there would be a whole lot more mushrooms out there if the fauna weren't eating them all.

[leech~~]

The ones I find with little holes in them are later in the season and seem to have some bugs in them. I think they are making the holes not Deer or Rabbits? One of my spots they grow right in and along a pretty good Deer trail and I have seen the Deer step on them on the trail, but they don't seem to be eating them.

[pushbutton]

Ever wonder about Rudolph, that red nose thing, and all that flying around stuff………

[Stick in Mud]

That's funny. I'll be eating some amanita muscaria raw as soon as I reach the "Master Soma shaman" level. And whilst it might be the most boring youtube video I've ever seen, it does seem that this fella has eaten a few too many mushrooms in his day.

[leech~~]

Wow, we really jumped off the reality wagon on this thread with the last two posts!

[pushbutton]

Its all really real Leech. Just drink some reindeer urine after they eat all that muscaria and see what happens. Similarly, eat a big ole toadstool and as many as assumably the dude above has, and do suspect you will end up looking and talking like him after awhile