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Vol. 14, No. 11 Early June 2012--UPDATED |
“The Voice of Commercial Wild Mushroom Picking in
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Morels: Haywire weather and low humidity has
led to a virtual crop failure this year.
Some coming out of Sisters’ fire.
Natural areas in Cascades hit hard by snow. My little birdies in all the picking areas
tell me the recent morel price crash is a scam. There are NO big areas going. Pickers in one area in the Malheur have
resorted to stealing shrooms from rigs. In one Idaho-MT burn, Terry Culp has ridden
into town and promises prices in the $6 range “due to a weak Euro”—even while
his buyers are $2 higher. (One remembers his performance in Burns,
where prices were $10 everywhere else EXCEPT Burns. The Euro was STRONG then.) Unfortunately, this burn will be ruined by
massive crew pressure—just as the one in Burns was several years ago. Boletes: Snow hit the higher areas hard—and the lower
areas are done. Weed overrated. As my wife says: “The upper’s not goin’ and the lower is blowin’.” Selling to restaurants in OR?
Starting in July the Oregon Health Dept. will require a “Mushroom ID”
sheet be kept on file for 90 days by the end user. The ID is supposed to be made by an
“expert”. |