From: dimitar@pontix.com   
      
   Thank you Daniel for the exhaustive answer.   
      
   I hear that October is the best month. I also hear that it has been dry   
   in your area. I'm thinking the weekend around Oct 20 -- what do you   
   think? Too late, too early, or just sit and watch the rain?   
      
   Regards,   
      
           D.   
      
      
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   > Dimitar Bojantchev wrote:   
   >> Where do you guys suggest to go in Oregon for a mushroom   
   >> exploration? Would be nice to have a mix of hardwoods/conifers.   
   >> What is the best period?   
   >>   
   >> Any info much appreciated.   
   >>   
   >>         D.   
   > I'd head to the Astoria area myself. Lots of state land in the area,   
   > most has been cut at least once, and some old-growth just to make you   
   > drool for what once was.   
   >   
   > Hardwoods are going to be intermixed in most younger stands, as killing   
   > out Red alder and Bigleaf maple is costly/time consuming, and the funds   
   > are budgeted in most areas. Older hardwood areas along creeks and   
   > streams are especially rewarding for me. But for the most biodiversity   
   > the area near the old town of Valsetz is also very intriguing.   
   > Difficult to find your way around there, and there are still some   
   > places where it is possible to suddenly sink nearly 12 feet when what   
   > you thought was solid stump turns into a hollow shell. Disturbing,   
   > even.   
   >   
   > The hillsides away from the creeks/rivers/lakes in that area are safer,   
   > and sometimes you come across real rarities. Chicken of the Woods in   
   > clumps of 50 pounds or more. (I found one massive 75+ pound clump high   
   > up in a snag on Larch Mountain near the Columbia River Gorge.   
   > Unfortunately, it was still about 150 feet up in the tree, so the only   
   > thing I could identify was the pieces breaking off and falling to the   
   > ground. Mushroom snow.   
   >   
   > You will need to check a forest service or BLM map for what is private   
   > and public property. Much of the NW corner of Oregon is public forest   
   > land, and all you have to figure out is how to get in there...without   
   > being shot by some crazed marijuana grower.   
   >   
   > Daniel B. Wheeler   
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