Hello! I'm brand new to mushrooming, though I went with my mom now and then back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. My husband and I bought 14 acres of woodland in Miller County last winter for him to hunt and me to forage. It's a bit rocky, covered with white oaks mainly and has a dry weather (drainage) creek running through it - and a nice little blackberry patch. So far so good. Morels were nowhere to be found this past spring. Not totally nowhere, but in 4 hunts we found - 4. Two in two different tries. The place was lousy with boletes when it rained, but not a lot a lot of edibles found in the spring. I did get oysters a couple of times, never plentiful, and found a mess of chanterelles this summer along with indigo milky caps. Best mushrooms I've found so far were chickens, but not on my property, in the middle of Jefferson City in my neighbors yard! (Yes, I picked them and left them a note. lol) Husband's bow hunting now, so I haven't wanted to get into the woods, but he better get one soon or I'm going to have to go scare Bambi away. He's taken a couple of photos and texted to me when he was out, one Jack o' Lanterns and one I'm pretty sure were Honey Mushrooms. But what I really want to find are Hens! That would make me year!
So...any tips? Uphill, downhill by the drainage, east bank, west bank, etc? I'm not too late yet, right?
Great to "meet" you!
So...any tips? Uphill, downhill by the drainage, east bank, west bank, etc? I'm not too late yet, right?
Great to "meet" you!
