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acfox13 t1_ixv5akg wrote

Reply to comment by Searchlights in Monday on NH Chronicle: Hunting For Mushrooms - Literally me two weeks ago. One of my coworkers stopped to ask if I was okay when they saw my truck pulled over and me wandering around the woods on the side of the road after work. "I'm fine. Just looking for mushrooms!" by Clauss_Video_Archive

It takes some practice to level up any skill or knowledge. There are many edibles that are "easy" to identify once you put the work in to level up your identification skills. You just don't eat anything you're not 100% sure about while you're learning.

Last year I found over nine pounds of chanterelles in a week. And a few weeks back I found a pound of hedgehogs on a random walk through the woods. It's also nice having access to and get to experience flavors that you might never taste if you never go out to find them on your own.

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Clauss_Video_Archive OP t1_ixwqzqb wrote

This is how I feel too. I've only been doing it for a little over a year, but it has been really interesting and fun. I have learned a lot and have lots more to learn.

And wow, nine pounds of chanterelles. That is impressive. I found about of quarter pound of winter chanterelles and hedgehogs several weeks ago and was pumped.

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acfox13 t1_ixwxb7d wrote

Last year was so wet at the right time/temperature that the fruiting conditions were great and I seemed to hit them at the right time. That's why I try to go out often during the season, bc once one species starts popping off, I'm more likely to find them elsewhere on my rounds.

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Searchlights t1_ixv5ffw wrote

There are old foragers and there are adventurous foragers but there are no old adventurous foragers

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acfox13 t1_ixv5n81 wrote

That's why people put in the time, energy, and effort to level up their identification skills.

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