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MessagesI thought that FLUSH is what you do with wormies... Or what the Joe's do to the price as soon as there is quantity.... Or what a picker does when the price is below $10
MessagesHello mushroom community ,does anyone out there know if Matt Briggs is still in the Mushroom Business?
MessagesJoel; when your chanterelle areas pop, that is a flush.
MessagesJust for clarity; What does 'Flush' mean? Also. I am too looking for a buyer in Vancouver area, as I normally selll on CL. The price there can be high or low but no consitency. FB y'all!
MessagesI am looking for a Chantrelle buyer. I live in the Albany OR area and plan on looking and finding some chantrelle mushrooms soon as they start popping up, I would like to find a buyer before so that we can get into contact and talk first. Any help is appreciated! Thanks
Messagesflush in anahiem , lower prices why? come on it isnt the emporers birthday. why do they expect those people will pick for them for nothing. pickers must unite and get shrooms to market themselves. it may take teamwork but the market is there. stay safe pick lots
MessagesPrices dropping in the North. According to buyers, there's a flush in Anaheim? Anyone know if that's accurate. Sounds like the Joe's are in trouble which is great news for prices! Other buyers stepped up and knocked 'em down. Mushrooms are still slow in the Nass/Skeena. Hoping to finally find something in my patch this weekend. Only making $50 a trip lately which pretty much covers fuel.
MessagesUsed to pick in the north. Gettn' tha itch.. Anyone know any places to pick pines in central BC? Williams Lake, Quesnel area. Let me know...
Messagesprices in north are $16-$20 pound. joes had meeting in van yesterday, would like to see price at $10lb.buyers are scrambling for ways to get shrooms. one smacked his wife cause she wiegh and pay for lobsters. way out of hand. we need a shakeup i think,just not sure what.
Messageswhats the prices of pines in the nass area?
Messagesany pines in Chemult, Oregon yet or is it too dry?
MessagesHi Carla, our thoughts are with you. Get plenty of rest following and you'll be back quicker than we can say Boo! All the Best.
Messagesthaks shroomgirl.
Messagesanybody scouting the crescent lake area the weather up there has been cool the last few weeks hh
Messagesno pines yet very dry was drizzling a bit. weather change is here, but may not bee enough . d-man you may see me yet, if the prices come up. stay safe
MessagesWe are experiencing the second flush in Iskut country. Warm weather permitted larvae to destroy about half the 2's and 3's, but the 1's are solid. New buttons coming 3-4 days after the first walkthrough. Some good temperature swings now. 5mm rain in last two days; not much, but it'll soften the ground for more breakthroughs.
MessagesThanks matsuwalkie, that was fast
MessagesFor buyer info at Bob Quinn phone Big Joe 7782021474
MessagesDoes anyone have contact info for the buyer at Bob Quinn Lake?
MessagesBoletus Joe, that is true and here is her message about it. "I am not gonna be working for another month or so myself, I go in for open heart mitral valve replacement surgery on Monday morning.... So I am gonna get to sit in a chair and supervise almost all year....lol"
Messagestp 2500 nope, way too early for matsi's in washington, we have had no rain to speak of. They will pop soon, I hope. But not yet! full buscket's ya'll`!
Messagesare the pine growing in washington state
MessagesLobo Sorry to hear about this... Although I have never met Carla, I have enjoyed reading her post here on Matsiman..... Will be thinking of her and praying for her.... Looks like the risk for this type of operation is quite low..... But the downside is the long recovery time..... Maybe you could keep us updated. I for one would be interested to hear how Carla is doing.
MessagesPlease pray for our mushroom buyer friend from the West Coast of Oregon. Carla was to go in for open-heart mitral valve replacement surgery this morning.
MessagesWalked for 3 hours through Golden Ears Park Area, Near Mission. Totally dry, not an edible in sight, no chanties, a few patches of Russalla mush. we also have forecast to rain through end of week. cant wait to see some good rainfall.
MessagesDarn it I mis-spelled your name again Keith, sorry about that. Have to read my posts before I hit submit...
MessagesDid a mini circle tour of the big mountain today...central Islanders will know where I mean...a few big patches of very parched and tiny chanties is all I can report on the mushroom front, but wow, what an amazing bumper crop of high bush raspberries. Never seen anything like it actually. I remember Kieth Hunter asked me one time why I felt no one was picking them and I responded quickly that was because there just wasn't enough of them to make it worthwhile...well anyway, it seems they are just like everything else...it just depends on the year. I picked 20or so lbs of them out there today and that was just cherry picking the close to the road stuff. There are thousands and thousands of pounds of 'em up the Cameron if anyone in the Port Alberni area is interested. Watch out for the bears though, they're all over them right now. Never seen so much purple bear shit in all my life.
Messagesty for the onfo matsutaki.
Messagesstill dry in the arrow lakes area headed for nash looks like they got rain fri sat more updates to come
MessagesI am headed into the bush near Mission BC to check on a couple of Chanterelle patches. Its my first trip into the woods to see how things are progressing. Its done nothing but sun and hot here for nearly 7 weeks straight. Cant wait for the rain! Full buckets!
Messagesthanks Boletus Joe an chankeen. ya we're headed there next week to see family in Masset, and hang out on the islands for a month. we got almost two months off while my hubby takes the mandatory month off before he retires in a year. So this trip is the big family gathering at son an daughter-in-laws in Masset an then fishing an hunting an picking mushies an exploring. I'll be canning an drying an freezing. me an my family an hers. good times! have fun out there everyone! thanks again.
MessagesAny news on the nukusp area?
MessagesDavid Arora was just showing me slides and articles on those cords a couple weeks ago. No they do not grow in the PAC NW. They are endemic to the Himalayan plateau.
MessagesHere is a post from someone selling them on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wild-Cordyceps-Aweto-Enhancer-Dong-Chong-Xia-Cao-500g-/180575524477?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0b23d67d
MessagesAnyone know anything about caterpillar fungus? Apparently it is Cordyceps sinensis. It grows out of the insects head mainly caterpillars in Tiber but I know it grows from other insects heads that start out as larvae like ants. I guess it is selling for 800 dollars an ounce in New York Japan and China? Is anyone aware of these growing in the northwest. I think these things are worth more than most prized Truffles not to mention Matsi's
Messageswell went for look and chanty patches are looking good. if we get rain and they are calling for it , yahoo. pines i think should be along soon after . setup looks nice. whats happening up north guys, you must be picking your so quiet.LOL . stay safe full buckets. my friends
MessagesI dunno, a friend posted up some pics on FB a couple days ago of some lobs he found in sw WA.... I've seen em!
Messageswe looked around on St Helen's last weekend. VERY dry. Just huckleberries at the moment. Supposed to "maybe" get some showers on Monday. Don't worry, they'll pop soon! Full bucket's ya'll!
Messages;( STILL DRY AS A BONE UP ON ST. HELENS...Someone claiming to lobster show down at Cougar, WA. I say "No way" BUT who am I to call someone out. I didn't find anything, however. Oh yea, I might have found some candy cane. But I always do. Full Buckets to all, Matsigurl
Messagespeter button you picking yet/
MessagesHey, just wondering if theres been any lobsters out there in SW bc?
MessagesJaylo, yes I do need berries
Messages@ Mushroomman...... prices are at $20/lb although there are still no mushrooms. I overheard a buyer bantering with a picker the other day asking for $100/lb He told her "sure......I'll pay $100.....I STILL won't have any mushrooms at the end of the day" LOL. The first crop went through and it was dry and hot as hell so it came up 99% wormy. The heat wave has pretty much made more growth non-existent. I'll head out again Sunday and see what it looks like out there. Impatiently waiting.......
Messagesdoes anyone know the price of pine mushrooms in kitwanga today. thank-you mushroom man.
Messagesjoed, do you still need a large volumes of huckleberries? If you still do please let me know because I have a lots of family members that pick them.
Messagescrandawg drop me a note at calhoun@unbc.ca. Just did a circle route scouting trip through your picking areas and can bring you up to speed. Shantyman
Messageswhy hello all you gatherers just playing around in northern b.c. and alberta can anyone let me know if there are mushrooms up in tumbler ridge?
Messagesjust drove through revelstoke and it was dry . only checked one patch nothing growing yet. not sure about nakusp but 50 miles weather wont change much.real hot at home,change on way this week.ill check here tommorow and hopfully i wont go back to work .wishful thinking.stay safe,dont forget your compass
MessagesThanks Chankeen for the update, You are correct, if you can go, go for the experience. We went 7 times and every time was awesome. The main activityfor shrooms was in the Skidegate lake area. (Stay away from 9 mile unless you like to party.) I understand a lot of the area around there has been heavily logged. We went all over the islands, Grey bay, out to the west coast Masset to name a few..... The people there are great, must say I miss not going..... But it is the economics sadly. Bella, if you can swing it make it a point to go, just for the experience. BTW... the fishing is otta' sight.... You should be there right now, their season must be close to starting.
MessagesIts been years since there has been a couple hundred people go to Haida Gwaii for the shanties. These days, more like a couple dozen (if that) There generally is one buyer, though prices often are only $1 or $2 a pound, sometimes the buyer is shut down as well. Some people do make money. Usually its the ones that have their own market, and don't depend on the main buyers. That said, the salmon run is incredible, steel-heads come in during the season, and deer are abundant. Go if looking for vacation, not to earn $ --remember it is expensive to get there, and expensive to be there... Yea the main area is around Skidegate Lake, most people camp in the forests, so you wont see anything on google earth about that. Only a couple small clearing overall. I'll see ya there if you go!
Messagesthanks Boletus Joe. I herd it's outside Sandspit, down by Skidegate Lake. I looked at it on google, and I don't see much for clearings to put up the couple hundred fokls who are sposed to be goin there every year. they talk thousands of kilos coming outa there. I just got family comin in to town, and we wanted to do a big trip for the fall, get in some meat and fishin, and mabe have some fun pickin mushies. every couple years we get together. we done cranberry 10 years ago an bowron lakes 6 years ago an the morels in the spring, whenever we can all get may off work together. thats like every couple years. we seen mosta BC like that, and some of the yukon. paid for a few trips an the new camper with mushies an berries over the years. but yah, the buyers arent aroun like they use to be. we pick whatever we find, and keep a lot for our bellies an canning. ok. thats it for me. where we go, i'll let ya all know whats goin on.
MessagesI understand that there are no buyers on Haida Gwaii, because of the cost of shipping.... I may have that wrong, but I suppose if you dry them it might pay in the long run. I would like to know the RIGHT answer to this question as well...... You should really get all your info right before going over there..... unless, of course, you already live there..... Shroomin' just ain't what it use to be....
Messagesi pick from from forests in MN. I have Chanterelles, Lobsters, Chaga, SweetTooths, Scaber stalks / leccccinum aurantiacum and Insigne, Chicken Fat Suillus, Chicken of the woods, Saffron milk cap / Lactarius deliciosus, Boletus smithii, Gyroporus Cyanescens, Angles wings oysters, and black trumpets! e-mail me @ haman_andrew@yahoo.com Thanks!
MessagesHello! been waching this board for a while. does anyone know where the mushroom city is on Haida Gwaii? me an my family want to go out this year.
Messageswas wondering if anyone can give be a 100 dollar loan to get out of the nasvalley I found a mushroom 2 days ago and now have no gas money and car is one side of hwy can anyone help a fellow picker massafe back I will walk down to that village anyshe in 2 more days to use internet
Messages$8 For chanties right now? Given that there is virtually no weight being produced anywhere on the continent, and my chefs and the general public screaming for them in a small (tiny really) market the price should be much higher then even that. Like isabell said, there's not enough product to discuss bulk rates.... I'm thinking I'll take $400 for an 8 kilo basket. I know my customers at my farmers market will gladly pay that rate... Or more. Don't sell yourself short.
MessagesThanks Shane, I'll try and grab an update from you later too if you don't mind. Or Shantyman if you're out there or Morgy-Baby or Bunk or Dano, Lawrence, Boomer and on and on...let me know fellas, much appreciated...
MessagesBeen killing myself to pick a basket of chanties, but 6.50 doesn't pay. Need a reset on the season. Just terrible in Oregon. It should be 8! Have to hang it up soon.
Messages@ cranberrydawg....... The Cranberry is a desert right now. It isn't worth going out to pick locally let alone travelling from afar. The Wife and I went out Sunday and made our gas money back with all of 2 lbs for a full day of picking. Our buyer said everyone is coming in with the same story. The only thing seeming to grow right now is Chicken of the Woods if you have spots for it.
MessagesHaha, Island Timberlands of course, what a mis-spell that was...
MessagesIf anyone would like to give a REAL update on the Cranberry if it comes, I would genuinely appreciate it. Thinking of hitting some of my old haunts this year, but of course I don't want to waste my time or money on the long trip from the Island. As for the central Island all I see is falling boundary ribbon. No chanties yet, but sick amounts of ribbon. And sorry Island Timberlines, you'll have to send more surveyors out there, them damn ribbons all blew down. Hi Zed.
MessagesFarmer john shoot me a pm @ isabellamushroom@yahoo.com 6.50-7.00 field price too dry for bulk prices.
Messageshello I am a begining picker in alaska need info on market for morels
MessagesAnyone know a US price on bulk chantie loads right now? And is Forks producing yet? How about north cascades?
Messagesdry in the nass not much of anything hardly rained all summer I,ve picked under 200$ in ten days and thats from greenville to alice arm
Messagesthanks...goin' scouting near end of the month...will post what i n post conditions
Messagesdry in mid van island wont scout till cools down and some rain... zed
Messageshi gotta pick, only the earliest spots, and the dampest are showing anything at the first few hundred feet above sea level. and by anything, I mean a few chanty buttons. I have absolutely no idea about anything higher than 300-400 ft., and no idea north of Duncan. not yet. :) Keep on looking for the rare white Boletus barrowsii in suburban areas, and around garry oaks. might still be a few popping here and there. We need good fogs to roll in, or some really heavy dews, I'd say, if not rain. I would love to know what's happening in the subalpine, but don't have time till September. good luck!
Messagesanyone been scouting on v.island yet. don't need location just general impression n if anyone seeeing lots of baby's....i know places to check but can't get away yet.
Messagesany one been scouting on the island yet...no locations but general conditions welcomed
MessagesWas out today and found a basketfull.Let the fun begin full buckets or baskets to all Fubar
MessagesSo, there were a few burns in Chile in Jan. Anyone know the rules for picking on managed forests or national parks in Chile?
Messageshey garf, nice to hear from you. only go to your typically earliest places, unless you're scoping out new territory. There's a new cut-block just got opened up in my neck of the woods, and it looks promising, if they don't get in there with the machines too quickly. I can't believe how fast these guys are operating right now. How are the logging conditions up there these days? and, on another note, are you a hand-splitter, or have a firewood processor? Do you know which logging companies on VI have firewood permits available, and if any are open to having big-time firewood and mulch salvagers come in, with their own trucks, machines and processors? Or who I should talk to about that? thanks! good luck!
Messageswas it ever hot here today again and supposed to get hotter... crapppppppppppp... if it doesnt rain soon i cant see much happening ...besides seeing signs that i always see on bad seasons ,, need rain badly ... oh well some people see the other side and i am getting firewood orders pouring in so until it rains you can find me IN THE WOODPILE ... except for next week ... fishing in CR ... shroomkid i am going to look for a few chanties i guess .... dried morels anyone???
MessagesHey, anyone close to a air-north depot (vancouver, calgary/edmonton) that wants to ship some fresh Porcini to the Yukon? Contact fatkidonline@hotmail.com if you got some goods!!
MessagesI see many photos of mushroom pickers with the wrong knife in hand. About 7 years ago I had a Cougar ready to punce on me from 12 feet. I had the wrong knife ( a fillet knife for Chantys). Had I had to defend myself surely I would have seriously injured my fighting hand with no protection from the blade. The next day I bought a Bowie style knife with a strong blade and a complete brass ring. I hqve never carried bear spray in the past but may consider it these days. cheers, C
Messagesshroomkid ive a buyer from montreal with reefer that wants all kinds shrooms, better pricing . we would come to see you on island when time is right. doing fruit here now keeping busy. i picked nass valley for ever the patch they talk about was good early patch, can sustain dozen pickers. another week the rest comes in and thingswill mellow out.pines are just starting there now and also the rain im told. two weeks people will be too tired from picking to pick on each other.stay safe pick lots. lobbies are $6lb should drop to $3 or $4 by next weekend kings have also showed
Messageshey gang, I'm noticing some disbelief here. i can tell you that some people are experiencing the best porcini pick of their short picking careers in CO and OR right now, because they are in just the right places, and have found some great spots, that are producing early, while others are struggling to find some because their favourite spots are still a little dry and warm, if not hot, and the rains haven't come yet. also, the guys in the Nass all know how long the river is, and that there are indeed pockets that flush early, and some later, depending on exposure and tree species, and how well you know the areas around there will help you in your hunt. What we really need on here is some info on the prices being paid and where, and if there are any chefs or restaurant owners on here, who want to buy some shrooms when they start coming ready. Congrats to the pickers who have their buyers - both private and commercial - and restaurants lined up before the season starts, and their prices secured. :) And those are just the culinary fungi. Are there any buyers on here looking for the species for dying? Or medicinal reishi and chaga? This site is North American, and there are users on here from AB, SK, MB and ON, I know, as well. It's great to see the fruit and greens pickers on here as well - we're all in the same club. I hope the season is awesome and long. Full buckets!
Messageslol,yup,it's time to attack!!Nothing like the brother hood of pickers!
MessagesHere we go again.lmao.
Messageslets get the facts . 75lb in 7 days 11lbs a day $6 per lb $66 a day less $30 fuel $36 times 7 days $252 minus $75 for permit $177 hmmm. now we post everybody come pick, wonder why your 11lbs per day is now 6lbs a day gas still $30..... oh no the price dropped to $4lb happy picking .
MessagesIsn't it funny how those who can't, point a finger of scorn at those who can in hopes that secrets might be pried out. full buckets
MessagesIf you dont believe me call boomer or frenchy
Messagesmartin why dont u make a map also theres nothing there dont waste peoples money
Messagesany buyers in Nakusp ? looking to come there in Sept and camp out a couple weeks with a fellow picker. Is that a good time of year to pick there ? I have not been there in quite a few years ... mikebrat@hotmail.com .... Thanks for any info :-)
MessagesWent out and checked one of my best Patches this morning and not a solitary mushroom to be found (Skeena/Nass) Give it another week before I check again
MessagesAnyone heard what a gal. of huckleberries are going for?
MessagesHello everyone I have personally picked and sold 75lbs of lobster mushrooms out of the anidoll which is in the nass valley over this last week.I have also seen other pickers with darn close to a full bucket each.just get there early in the morning.I have to go to alberta for a few weeks so good luck,full buckets
Messagesthere,s nothing for mushrooms in nass to dry not even lobsters this season yet
MessagesI have yellow chanty's for sale and King's. if you would like some just call me at 509-969-5324 and ask for A". there are very nice and clean and well not take less then $15 for the yellow's and $25 for #1's Bolete's. Must buy 40lb's are more to ship and I'll pay for them to be ship,(no less).
MessagesLooking for large volumes of huckleberries
Messageshey matsigurl, go up to the Engelmann stands and look for kings. :) Colorado is doing ok right now, though drying out, so, the season could already be over there. not sure.
MessagesGoing up on the mountain today. Gonna dig in and find some new trails. I will report back later today. Perhaps I will find some huckleberry. That would make my day. Full buckets. \
MessagesGoing up on the mountain today. Will report back later. Today, just scoping for some candy cane and the elusive (and plentiful) huckleberry. Full buckets....matsigurl
Messagesjtorell, The huckleberries are ripe around mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens. If you have someone to buy, they are thick this year. Blackberries are also thick and ripe in the lower elevations. You won't find alot of mushrooms this time of year. The red caps may be out. Maybe a few chantrelles. But the buyers won't even be set up in Randle until early sept. And that may be early. They don't set up until the mushroom season is really going gangbusters. So unless you have a buyer lined up, you won't make money. Sorry........
MessagesLobsters are in the anidol nass valley Picked 20lbs yesterday Nothing in the cranberry except 4 camps Go get them boys
Messageshey garf, the first first chanties were found in the last little while on VI, so, you have good timing for your fishing trip, to take some time to go for a wander with a basket. prolly no $, but enough for a dinner or two, and a breaky. :) have a good season!
Messageswas hoping mike p. but not really sure,lol try this 6047039341
Messagesrained pretty good here for a few hrs the last two days... hmmmm early august rain is a good thing for the shrooms so a few more timely rains and the right temps and maybe it will happen yet... hopeful and looking forward to going hiking and looking for mushrooms ... love the fall ... fishing to campbell river soon .... the thunder and lightning last night was pretty awesome ...
Messagesdano you still on here, you know which d-man this is tryin to get a hold of ya.
MessagesHi, wondering if anyone has picked huckleberries/mushrooms in the Randle, WA area this time of year and if realistically would make more than just gas money? Trying to figure out a way to make some money for my kids, before school starts. Thanks.
MessagesHey GunJumper , if you have not sold those chanties and if they are of good , I may be interested on taking some of your hands , you need to air freight them [on my account ] though , also if anyone comes into fresh young chicken of the woods I'll be very interested on buying it , it has to be at least 30 or 40 pounds of fresh chickens, to make it worthwhile .http://www.forestharvest.com/
MessagesThat was me for many years, always jumping-the-gun each spring in my elusive search for the first Oregon morels and always late for the Crescent Lake Junction party, bummer. But this year, right on time for perhaps one of the biggest Chanterelle harvests ever, well at least to me.
Messagesthanks guys just checking d-man holler if your out there.lobsters like crazy around here. beware there is a buyer out there who will tell ei or welfare of your picking . he got ripped off last year and is choked. stay safe my friends
MessagesBe no mushrooms in the Nass for awhile. First rain in 2 weeks today, was similar the two weeks before that.
MessagesNothing yet dano,your jumping the gun bud.
Messagesthanks Joe, Can you ask Butch to call Brent please
Messageshave the pines started in nass yet ?
MessagesButch is camped at the Zoo??? I just can't believe that!!!
Messageshey rog butch and shirly are camped at the zoo i see them every 4 or 5 days
MessagesHey, has anyone seen Butch or shirley around? trying to get ahold of him but his phone isnt working |
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