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mushroom hunting story thread!!!
    #23905122 - 12/07/16 08:55 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Not much of a story, but I thought it was an interesting encounter. I've had a lot of time recently to spend in the woods looking for seasonal plants/fungi. I feel compelled to get out there every day if I'm not busy or obligated to do normal life stuff... Today was unusually cold and miserable and it hailed and rained early on. This helped motivate me to leave the first area I arrived at, but not before crossing paths with a cute girl who looked like she was enjoying her time in the woods. Sometimes, I just want to ask people who I run into while mushroom hunting, if they too are in fact mushroom hunting. I didn't and just exchanged pleasantries, but this ties into an encounter later. I drove to another area not expecting to find a whole lot, as the weather patterns are progressing from our fall to our winter rapidly. Fall boletes are finished, and I hit it pretty well before they wrapped for the year. There may be a few winter boletes here and there, but they are dwindling for sure and probably infested with fly larvae. Today, I was looking for whatever I crossed paths with which ended up being about 7 small solitary L. rubidus. Saw a few chanterelles too, but I leave those typically and cover them up with leaves to prevent commercial harvesters from finding them(is that wrong?). I have a pet peeve with making money in ways that don't promote the health of forests. Maybe its sustainable in Oregon to Alaska where the wilderness is vast, but I know it isn't here. Every year around this time, I see an influx of cars from those states that have already experienced their "freeze" and I always assume they're attempting to follow the season. Who needs that many mushrooms??! but I digress...
While searching for more lactarius, I found a good amount of bay nuts on the ground still encased in their ripe avocado-like fruit. I love bay nuts, and this is a good year for them. I filled a plastic grocery bag in about 5 minutes because no wildlife(except pack rats maybe) eats them and people don't really use them anymore. The indigenous people ate the fruit and the nuts as a staple, and you have to roast them to cook off the volatile oils, but once done, you end up with a dark nut that tastes and smells much like roasted coffee and chocolate. They're rich and a little bitter so they are not the best snack, but you can use them in many applications. Ask me if you're curious, I really like them. Back to the story, I explored some new trails and found some really old/big Ganoderma applanatum, a couple perfect Amanita muscaria, and a less-than-healthy cluster of Amillaria mellea. It was exceptionally cold so I decided to call it a day with a lot of daylight left. As I walked back to my car on the same trail, I saw a few more L. rubidus under pine that I missed on the way in. Some years, they're much more common and easy to find. This year is not going to be a bumper year, as far as I can predict. Pretty hard mushrooms to spot in forest duff since they're small and the same color as leaves. I picked a few and noticed a man on the main trail staring off in a close direction to my trajectory. I know when I'm attracting curious-about-mushroom attention. I'm pretty wary of mushroom-hunter-hunters. I find my spots. Even if I saw somebody picking something in the woods, I would respect their find and not halk their spot. I don't go back to areas others' have shown me(like Alan R's matsutake spot where I found a 3 pounder). Im pretty secretive so I stopped picking when I noticed him and proceeded to eat my lunch on a log nearby. I shit you not, he stood there for 10 minutes and I felt like he was waiting for me to continue because he was so curious. I was a little intrigued and was kind of hoping he'd just come up and ask about what I was looking for. Towards the end of my sandwich he walked up a nearby trail. I put my garbage away and threw the shrooms in my bag. Then proceeded up the same trail the guy had gone up(I was already planning on scoping it before leaving). That guy was sitting on a stump 30 feet up the trail! He was probably watching me from there too! I made eye contact and was friendly. He asked me if I was looking for mushrooms! That's a first. I said yeah! excitedly ready to talk mushrooms!! He asked if i was on the hunt for edible or psychoactive mushrooms, so I told him about the day, showed him a Lactarius, and identified a Russula he had spotted. He told me about his apprehension and interest in looking for mushrooms. I gave him some advice on where to start. I have a feeling he was most curious about psychoactive mushrooms, surprise surprise! Write about your favorite mushroom interaction story! Heres some L. rubidus growing amongst some deadly amanita phalloids-


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: burtonRebel]
    #23905202 - 12/07/16 09:23 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I was going hunting in this new pasture in the middle of the night, so i jump over a gate and immediately fall into at least 4 feet of swamp water, up to my stomach. Phone in hand and somehow managed to save it. I did find some pan cyans though.

Also, a lot of times i'll go into my regular field and encounter this bobcat that i guess lives there.


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: Ancestoralbeings]
    #23905218 - 12/07/16 09:28 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

lol that's great. If your phones ok and you found mushrooms, totally worth it. The wildlife factor is one of my favorite things about hunting, keeps it interesting.


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: burtonRebel]
    #23905248 - 12/07/16 09:42 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Couldn't agree more compadre.


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: burtonRebel]
    #23905262 - 12/07/16 09:46 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I made this thread because I remember seeing stories over the years and always being fascinated by other individuals' experiences. It's all about the hunt for me, the mushrooms are a bonus. Any saga that involves any kind of mushrooms or what you thought were mushrooms belong on this thread.


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: burtonRebel] * 1
    #23905285 - 12/07/16 09:57 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I was hunting Chanterelle locally a couple years ago just off the hiking trail and had an interesting encounter.  Often times people will walk past me as I hunt, If I am far enough "off-trail" I will just freeze in place and let them move on by.  Hardly ever am I even noticed. 

This time a cute woman in tight spandex was jogging by.  I froze, but she saw me anyhow.  My first though was "Oh great, she probably thinks I'm hiding in the bushes to assault her...".  To my shock, she stopped and asked "What are you doing?"  I nervously said I was hunting mushrooms, and she asked if I had found any good ones.  I held up a nice big Chanterelle and to my surprise she knew what it was!  Turns out she is a local Mycologist who specializes in Armillaria.  We chatted a bit, and I jokingly asked if she was going to come back to harvest my patch.  She coyly said "Now where would I put them?" and gestured to her tight outfit. I laughed uncomfortably, trying not to stare...  She said her goodbyes and continued on her run.  All said, it was a memorable experience.  :grin:


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: burtonRebel] * 1
    #23905312 - 12/07/16 10:07 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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The wildlife factor is one of my favorite things about hunting, keeps it interesting.




Encountered a black bear recently while hunting with my buddy. I had turned to walk up a creek a little ways by myself when he came running behind me and told me there was a bear. Sure enough I see the bear walk towards us and stop less than 20 yards away to check us out.

I did the usual: made myself big, did some loud clapping and some, "Ah! Get out of here bear!" The bear didn't seem to care, and I didn't really either, I could tell he was only curious. But my buddy (who had pulled out a gigantic knife at this point) wasn't having any of it and he let out a savage scream at the top of his lungs. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" It was like a fucking war cry. 

The bear still didn't care. He just stared at us like "what the hell are you guys yelling about? I was here first..." After a few more seconds he decided we weren't interesting and slowly moseyed away, glancing back at us occasionally. My buddy was spooked the rest of the day and wouldn't leave my side. :lol:


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: Ran-D]
    #23905320 - 12/07/16 10:09 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

That is fucking hilarious  :rofl:


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: Lhun]
    #23905322 - 12/07/16 10:10 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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My first though was "Oh great, she probably thinks I'm hiding in the bushes to assault her...". 




:lolsy:

I do the freeze move as well.


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: Ran-D]
    #23905392 - 12/07/16 10:34 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Black bears...the cows of the woods...


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: Ran-D]
    #23905412 - 12/07/16 10:47 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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My first though was "Oh great, she probably thinks I'm hiding in the bushes to assault her...". 




:lolsy:

I do the freeze move as well.




Threesies. What can I say? It's a good move. Forever and always that creepy guy in bushes. :creepylurker:


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: Ran-D]
    #23905428 - 12/07/16 10:55 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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Often times people will walk past me as I hunt, If I am far enough "off-trail" I will just freeze in place and let them move on by.  Hardly ever am I even noticed. 

This time a cute woman in tight spandex was jogging by.  I froze, but she saw me anyhow.  My first though was "Oh great, she probably thinks I'm hiding in the bushes to assault her...". 




hahaha. I do the same freeze. And I always kind of feel like a creep walking around off the trail but near the trail.

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But my buddy (who had pulled out a gigantic knife at this point) wasn't having any of it and he let out a savage scream at the top of his lungs. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" It was like a fucking war cry. 





good stuff!


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: burtonRebel]
    #23905483 - 12/07/16 11:13 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

As for the freeze thing, i always whip out my phone or camera and act like i'm taking photos of random nature (i'm also a photographer though) just act like your doing some artsy angles and shit and your set ime.


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: Ancestoralbeings]
    #23905504 - 12/07/16 11:25 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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As for the freeze thing, i always whip out my phone or camera and act like i'm taking photos of random nature (i'm also a photographer though) just act like your doing some artsy angles and shit and your set ime.




me too, but how awesome would it be to just do something completely absurd?!


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: Lhun]
    #23906038 - 12/08/16 08:17 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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My first though was "Oh great, she probably thinks I'm hiding in the bushes to assault her..."




This early fall I was up a steep slope above a walking path in the forest where I pick hedgehogs - there are
lots of people jogging and walking past below. I usually don't care about other people while I'm hunting, but
this particular time there was a couple with their two kids perhaps around 3 and 5 years old, when the oldest
one shouts out to his parents "Look! Up there! There's a sneaky guy hiding in the bushes!"


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: Ran-D]
    #23906147 - 12/08/16 09:20 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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But my buddy (who had pulled out a gigantic knife at this point) wasn't having any of it and he let out a savage scream at the top of his lungs. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" It was like a fucking war cry. 




:lol:


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: Byrain]
    #23906169 - 12/08/16 09:34 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I was hiking once in Spring and traversing the side of a mountain.  There were fallen trees everywhere and near the top I had to move over about 5ft to get up to the road.  As I popped up onto the road, there was a momma bear and her two cubs sunning RIGHT WHERE I WOULD HAVE COME UP if I hadn't moved a bit.  Scared the #$^@$#@ out of me and I booked it out of there.

She never even got up.  It took me hours to come down from that rush.


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: RiverDweller1]
    #23906270 - 12/08/16 10:22 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Some great stories here. Once, while looking for ovoids pretty far off trail...I found an abandoned homeless encampment with trash littered all around. There was somewhat fresh dirt dug up in a rectangle about 3' x 6' with a makeshift cross at the top of it. Last time I went by there the cross was gone. My guess is a homeless grave...maybe someone who had no living relatives? Anyway, it was near Baltimore city so anything is possible.

Also, once I had the dog with me in Southern Pa. just half hiking and half looking for chanterelles...I saw something about the size of a large raccoon in the trail ahead (was getting dark) so it was hard to see...so, my dog ran up to it before I could stop it and the critter scurried up a tree. When I caught the dog...her muzzle  was covered with porcupine quills. I had never encountered a porcupine that far south before. I pulled them out with needle nose pliers in the car....she wasn't happy about it.


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: Sk8nshram]
    #23906535 - 12/08/16 11:36 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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My first though was "Oh great, she probably thinks I'm hiding in the bushes to assault her...". 




:lolsy:

I do the freeze move as well.




Threesies. What can I say? It's a good move. Forever and always that creepy guy in bushes. :creepylurker:



Yup some thing happened to me so on my way back i had a small cyan, stopped. and took a 90 degree turn. walked up and I asked if she knew what it was, she said she did, hung up on the call she was on and we went back to the patch to talk shrooms. It was much fun!


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Re: mushroom hunting story thread!!! [Re: Joust]
    #23906586 - 12/08/16 11:50 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Ha, I do the freeze as well.  I generally stay quiet and out of sight.

Back in 2012 my friend and I were hunting out in the Tillamook forest off of highway 26.  It was a horridly dry year and we weren't finding a thing, so we decided to track a bear.  Sometimes when you track a bear, you find a bear.  Guess we should have read the instructions all the way through.  Anyway, he seemed a lil too curious as he started huffing and following us back through the forest.  We had to wind down the back side of a hill and take a steep ravine to get to the car, which the bear was in the path of.

Once in the car, we drove further up the hill to hunt some more.  We got out at and alder grove by the creek to hunt for oysters.  After romping around for a bit with no success we went back to the car only to discover a fresh cougar track in my footprint.  A big one.

Once again back to the car and further up the hill!  We were going to find some mushrooms dammit.

We stopped at a likely spot and got out again *BANG*  *WIZ* yup, someone fired a shot right over our heads.

We dove in the car and bugged out, fuck it, day over.


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