Fall 09 mushrooms

Well tis the season for fall mushrooms again and things are starting to pop. many areas are doing well and a few areas are way to dry still.

Here are a few samples of some of the wild edibles i can find at my outdoor grocery store in the cascadia belt.

some matsutake mushrooms



an odd lobster mushroom where it parasited on its self in a double growth



bears head mushrooms


lots of chicken of the woods mushrooms


the chicken mushroom

09 06 09 fall NW porcini

bears head mushroom above and 40 fall king boletes below

headed up to mt adams for a mushroom foray, it was pouring rain all day and unsightly cold, snow level low for September 6th and at 4500 ft i was freezing.

any how, we hit T lake and got a few boletes, hiked around some trail and got a few more.
went to C lake and found 1,, headed for the rock collecting zone on clear creek and scored some jasper and agate.

Spring 09 morels - low lander river morels

Att: update
Morels on the move, they started a few weeks ago, but temps are uninvitingly below normal. as of todays date, snow levels in the Cascade foot hill are at 2500 feet and that is super low for this time of year. I did a recon last sunday, covered 175 miles to 20 patches and not much to see. I only came home with 12 morels and kinda dissapointing, to say the least.

Conditions will improve I hope. the low land river morels are finally popping but slow and no quantities like the past several years iv been documenting results of areas I frequent.

I suspect improvements soon as the weather is trying to warm up, still 3 foot of snow near clear lake on mt hood, the mtn passes still have fresh snow and seems no end in sight.

My predictions are of this - memorial wknd should produce lots of natural and fire burn morels along with spring king boletes, my recon concluded that the moisture content was there but tempatures are to cool to fruit the mycelium.

Here is what I found, so far this season.

A couple in habitat


Could be a bakers dozen



Mmmmm freshys




keep on foraging and happy trails
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NW Fisherman's Portafino Alfrado

NW Fisherman's Portafino Alfrado



1 fillet of Alaska White King Salmon
1 can chopped clams
1/4 cup Oregon cocktail shrimp meat
1/2 pound egg noodles or full bag if desired
1/4 of an onion
5 dried morel mushrooms
3 dried slices of matsutake mushrooms
dill, parsley and chives
salt n pepper

First cube up the salmon in one inches squares and fry in the skillet
Add some onion when fish is brown on one side, turn fish.
add alfredo sauce
add chopped clams and juice - let simmer a bit
add shrimp meat and simmer until shrimp are hot
now add your favorite type of noodles and blend simmering a bit more, allowing the noodles to absorb the seafood and mushroom flavors.



one might add some garlic, but believe me it has tons of flavors going on and need not add any garlic unless you crave it, might also suggest adding some fresh sugar snap peas for color - what jazzed it up the best was adding the dried matsutakes and morels.

yum
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