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Image 1 — Winter chanterelles in July? SW Washington, 2000'
Image 2 — Winter chanterelles in July? SW Washington, 2000'
Image 3 — Winter chanterelles in July? SW Washington, 2000'
Image 4 — Winter chanterelles in July? SW Washington, 2000'
Image 5 — Winter chanterelles in July? SW Washington, 2000'
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Winter chanterelles in July? SW Washington, 2000'

It's been a weird year, I keep seeing people post early or completely out of season mushrooms

u/TheAmericanDropBear — 9 hours ago
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Suspect this is Pluteus exilis or similar. Central Oregon Coast, United States. Growing out of dead conifer wood in a spruce/hemlock forest

u/TheAmericanDropBear — 14 days ago
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Suspect this is Pluteus exilis or similar. Central Oregon Coast, United States. Growing out of dead conifer wood in a spruce/hemlock forest

u/TheAmericanDropBear — 14 days ago
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Any tips for dehydrating or storing porcini/boletes in camp on a multi-day trip?

Hello all!

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We are considering camping overnight in an area we know there are lots of Spring King Boletes (B. rex-veris) and maybe butter boletes. We hope to pick some over a couple full days. In order to do this though we will have to store them and ideally begin the preservation process in camp.

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As you know if you've picked these before, you can't really just refrigerate them because the bugs will continue to eat through them. Usually what we do is field dress them (quarter and separate pores, discarding any particularly wormy parts). Then for older more wormy ones we soak in salt, rinse, and dry in a dehydrator. Buttons don't need the soak usually.

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Even field dressed theres usually still worm activity just on the drive home!

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Does anyone have any experience doing this in camp or experience with sort of pre-preserving them? Do air drying racks work? Possibly the campfire? Smoked porcini does sound kind of nice.

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Thank you for any help :] here's some pics of a recent haul

u/TheAmericanDropBear — 24 days ago
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Suillus sp. growing in spring? Mt Hood, Oregon, USA. Near a bunch of different conifers but I think this one was associated with a ponderosa pine

u/TheAmericanDropBear — 28 days ago
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Is this a Butyriboletus species? Also included a pic of suspected Caloboletus for comparison. Mt Hood, Oregon, United States

u/TheAmericanDropBear — 29 days ago
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What type of forest is found between Indian Heaven/Big Lava Bed and the west slopes of Mt. Adams on the GPNF? (not sure where to ask this)

I spend a lot of time west of there in forest that is pretty solidly hemlock/doug fir/red cedar, but am looking for places I can find a lot of Grand Fir and pine. Especially Grand Fir.

Looking for associated mushrooms and figured you all might know and save me the trouble of heading out that way if its the wrong sort of forest.

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u/TheAmericanDropBear — 1 month ago
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Anyone still finding Spring King/Porcini (Boletus rex-veris) around Mt Hood?

I know in a typical year it would be early in the season but this has been a weird warm spring. I found my first baby one back in _early may_ when we were gathering morels. This weekend around 4000' i found both really little ones and huge ones way past their prime.

Not as experienced with these as other mushrooms so I don't have a good feel for whether its worth going out there this weekend or not (long drive lol). I know usually they fruit all through June but it kinda seems like the season's moved up this year!

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u/TheAmericanDropBear — 1 month ago
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Caloboletus sp.? Which one? Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon, United States

Interestingly the bluing seems to fade after awhile.

u/TheAmericanDropBear — 1 month ago
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Anyone been finding spring kings (Boletus rex-veris) in NW Oregon/SW Washington yet?

I have found a few so far in the first half of May near Mt Hood, with unseasonably warm weather for the beginning of spring some popped early.

We've had some rain on and off the last couple weeks, as well as some snow up high and then a bunch of hotter days. Hoping the moisture and subsequent heat is going to get them to fruit.

Wasn't able to get up there this past weekend, hoping to get some this weekend, wondering if anyone else has had much success lately.

Might also poke around for morels, but I'm mostly interested in porcini. Mostly mt hood, maybe on the Gifford Pinchot

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u/TheAmericanDropBear — 1 month ago
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Modest but satisfying find (plus one baby spring king i think)! Lots of other people hunting the same area today, glad we got up early. Oregon Cascades, 4000'

u/TheAmericanDropBear — 2 months ago
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Last one with flash. The color of the mushrooms kinda make it look worse than it is in person, its basically a white powdery surface on the inside of some pieces

u/TheAmericanDropBear — 2 months ago
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Didn't find any in the same conditions just up the road (a couple hundred feet up). Western Cascades. Also didn't see any around 4000' when I looked out on the eastern slopes yesterday, but did see a lot of Gyromitra, burn cups, and pholiota.

Thinking about going to the same area and checking the spots up a little bit higher this weekend.

u/TheAmericanDropBear — 2 months ago