Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The King Bolete is one of the world’s most prized wild mushrooms. Revered from the woods of ...

Mushrooms are a big deal here in the Pacific Northwest. With our damp and forested landscape, a vast array of mushrooms grows throughout the region, from the recognizable to the downright odd. The ...

Mushroom season should be starting to wind down in the High Country about now, though finds of edible boletes spurred by rains and warm temperatures were reported last week. The big, prized king ...

The first and most important rule for mushroom foragers is: "When in doubt, throw it out." Do not gather mushrooms that you can't absolutely, positively identify. Leave all unknown or questioned ...

Wild mushroom collecting is a practice that helps people discover local food sources and the bounty generated by their own neighborhood forests. Of the many different species in North America, almost ...

With Monday’s rains, it’s finally time to hunt for wild mushrooms. This summer has been no fun for local fungi pickers. Up to now, the severe drought has made it impossible to find bountiful blooms of ...

Ah, those mysterious, bulbous bits of fungi that burst unbidden from moist, forested lands, so delectable and yet so potentially dangerous. Finding, identifying, preparing and eating mushrooms are the ...