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Wild Mushroom Hotline

Vol. 11, No. 27 Late Dec. 2009

“The Voice of Commercial Wild Mushroom Picking in North America”

NEWS AT A GLANCE…

Matsutake: Season about over everywhere. Freeze damaged stuff near surface and above ground. Some new stuff. Willits dead.

Chanterelles: Done.

Winters: Trumpets slow. Few even in Willits. Smith River in CA doing a little. Dead up North. Hogs few in number. Feet mostly ruined, few new ones growing.

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Mushroom-Related News

Obama signs the new wilderness bill on March 31st. Expands Grassy Knob wilderness in Siskiyou, protects part of Soda Springs and Greensprings (up Hwy. 66) as part of new national monument…tributaries of “wild and scenic” portions of Rogue River also on tap for stepped-up protection…ditto for expanded areas around Mt. Hood. You can probably kiss legal ‘shrooming goodbye in these areas.

Rare Pacific NW spring Cauliflower mushrooms