My best day Mushrooming............EVER

[JP Z]

So I got out to 2 different spots on Saturday. The first was a ton of spored out Lobsters and only 2 goodies. So I figured for as much that I found past prime I would go to my other spot where I've only seen 2 previously and was told that I was too early. Well I wasn't this time, the lobsters were everywhere. Again I found a ton of spored out ones but I did end up with a nice basketful of them, as well as some of the largest Chants I had ever seen and I even jumped aboard the Polyporous umbellatus band wagon. Didn't find any Hens but I'm not sure about those yet so I need more time in the woods.

Here was the first 200 feet on the road............this is going to be goooooood!

After finding a bunch more lobsters I stopped by my Chanterelle spot to see if there were any stragglers.........wow, these were the mutants.

Proceeded on to find a bunch more lobsters some of them were tricky little buggers!

and then the Prize of the hunt, the Umbellatus!

So after all was said and done I ended up with a ton of tasty viddles. The only thing that could have made the day better was if I would have had someone along to share the experience with.

[umichjesse]

Nice. The lobsters were so thick I was spotting them while driving down the road. I had to quit picking because I never would have made it home if I kept stopping...

[Deitz Dittrich]

Looks like some tasty eats right there!!!!

[Stick in Mud]

Beautifully done. I've never found an umbellatus...I'm pretty jealous, as I see that both you and Matt have now found them this year.

But yeah, this year has been nuts for lobsters.

[pushbutton]

I am kinda jealous of that basket ....its....well....very pretty yeah, never seen one of those outside of pics in a computer screen...very nice find!

[JP Z]

Yep, Matt was my first text I sent after finding that beauty.......I was way off course peaking for Chanterelles when I went to climb up a hill......put my hand on the hill and it was sitting in front of my face.

[iland99]

I had my best day of picking ever also this weekend. I'd never found my own lobster patch up until yesterday, obviously I've got one now! The number of chanterelles was unreal also. Lots that were just a tad too old and a lot that were still good. We quit picking them after a while, just had to draw the line somewhere! On the way back to the car my cousin found a hen. It was his first time picking summer mushrooms, needless to say he's hooked!

[eyeguy 54]

I went to the store today and bought some lol yours look much better

[JP Z]

Howdy Pete! I thought I had seen that photo on Facebook Now I know!!

Also, for all those curious I am now up to having 3 deer ticks stuck to me

[Stick in Mud]

Yep, the ticks are still out. Haven't found any attached to me yet, but I did find one on the pooch.

Thankfully, he can get vaccinated against Lyme's. I can't for some reason.