Let’s go on a Mushroom __?
I will confess that I am not the most active user of the Cascade Mycological Society’s fantastic website. However, being married to its webmaster Sandy, I typically get in person...
Category: Ron’s Mushroom Musings
Going on a Winter Mushroom Foray
A question someone might ask during this time of year is, “Can I still find mushrooms in January?” Well, I could just say no and make this article an extremely...
2025 Wild Rivers Mushroom Festival Review
On November 7th, Sandy and I began our 4+ hour drive from Eugene to Brookings to attend their Wild Rivers Mushroom Festival. Of course, with all our stops, the 4+ hour...
Sutton Campground and Suillus Mushrooms
It’s fairly common for those of us who have foraged for mushrooms for any length of time to create a list of favorite spots to hunt. Some of these spots...
To eat or not to eat, that is the question
On the 6th of October, Sandy and I decided to try our luck finding some Amanita muscaria mushrooms around the Florence area. The highly recognizable Amanita muscaria is a mycorrhizal fungus that partners with a...
2025 Summer Wrapup
When it comes to our home gardening, the summer of 2025 will go down as a great year for growing veggies and producing cultivated mushrooms. Over the last few years,...
