Has anyone ever seen Cranberry City(Junction) in Oct? It's a pine mushroom camp. The place is like Deadwood complete with bar, restaurants and whores. They are as protective of their spots as gold prospectors.
- boonerbuck

My interest was peaking until I read that. Chances of a city-slicker getting into the know seem to be slim and none, not to mention dangerous. Ask this guy:

Make sure you get a book for proper identification. There are very subtle differences wether it be on the stalk, gill, or stem that make for totally different mushrooms. The book will tell you exactly what to look for. Good luck finding a copy in a BC library in the late fall. I took one out in the summer and paid the late dues....
- golfingsince

Had a buddy who picked some for the first time and thought he was capable of identifying them—put himself in the psych ward the night he ate them...mind you he'd been in there a few times before, and a few times since, so it might not have been the mushrooms.

Hey Ian, as you can see we're having a great conversation about mushrooms, perhaps you could write a blog about bacon (aka Byfuglien)...

Liberty caps? It's been years for me, but I was always under the impression that they were only abundant in the late fall, before the first frost. Never looked for them before then.

I'm no expert, or even a veteran, by any means, but we used to go into a farmers field where there was lots of cow poop, when, or shortly after it was raining. Brings back memories...good and bad....ate a bit too much a few times

Edit: There was always these crazy guys from Quebec who used to camp out in the woods by this one field—didn't look to kindly on people who tried to infringe on their territory.
- Fosco

Hey! We weren't crazy -- just protecting our curd stash.

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