Is it time, and is anyone finding some?

NWP:

Been picking whites and yellows on the Kitsap since early August. With the cool weather, all my ususal spots had em up very early. Last weekend the whites were really starting to pop.

They have been coming into local restuarants over the last two-three days...

Thanks guys, thought they might be out. I live on holly rd and close to green mtn, usually find many up the rd to the lookout.

Picked some last night walking out from the river. It's definitely time.

They are in. Thanks for this post as it reminded me to go look. Went up to my old spot yesterday on the east side of the sound and they were pretty thick. The girlfriend and I got two large bags full in an hour.
Last night was chanterelles over tri tips. This morning I put them in the biscuits and gravy.

Just remember that the State of WA requires you to have a permit when you posess over 5 gallons of mushrooms. The permit is available from the county sheriffs office. Some land owners have set their own limits (usually 3 or 5 gallons) however you must have a forest products permit when posessing over 5 gallons of shrooms. Technically you even need the permit if the shrooms come from your own property. Violation of this law is a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,900 fine and requires a mandatory court appearance.

They are coming on strong around here.

Nice. I am going to try for some on Sunday morning.

Went up on Green Mtn tonight for a couple of hours, found some buttons about a doz, no full grown ones.

Kitsap area lowlands have one of the better early season blooms I have ever seen.

OK - i see other people are finding them. My wife and I have been out a few times last year and this year and have come up empty handed. Can anyone provide some pointers as to where to look (not any secret spots) and what to look for? We have been in big fir tree areas around king county and kitsap county. Any help is appreciated....we love those tasty things.

Thanks, Dave

Look in second growth forest, primarily fir and hemlock. Avoid any areas with lots of alder and maple. Look for a mixture of salal and deep moss on the ground. If you have those ingredients you will eventually find them.

Good luck.

Thanks - will head out again in a couple of weeks to try again....We keep saying we are getting close.

Once you see them, have your wife get on one side and you on the other. Only leave them 2 escape routes, they are the fastest fungi on the planet.

There are mushrooms out and about (got some Saturday morning), but with all the rain, they are too wet to keep around for any more than one day right now. Just like the salmon fishing around here, the mushrooms should really get going with the nicer weather this week. Of course, I will be stuck at work and unable to benefit from any of that, but what else is new?

RR - we tried that last time we were out...must have been too far apart because by the time we closed in on where we saw them they were all gone! I had no idea they could move that fast.....

How to find a new chantrelle spot----- take a page from the road hunters manual. SLOWLY drive logging roads through 20 year old doug fir plantations. Look for the pumpkin orange of shrooms in the ditch and open areas. Use your binos to check suspected colors. You`ll cover alot of ground this way. Once you spot one get out of the truck and do a grid through the area. Bill

Went back up to Green Mtn 3 days ago and caught almost 5 gals, ate some and froze some, and went again yesterday with son, we caught them again, almost 5 gal apiece, freezer is getting a work out. Here are some directions to get you close. Take Holly Rd towards Union, turn left on Lake Tahuya Rd near Lake Symington, for about a mile maybe a little more to gravel rd on left with metal gate. Walk up the main rd till you cross a creek and start uphill, you will see a clearcut on right. Anywhere from this clearcut up to the lookout will have mushrooms. I have been picking in the area;s that have been thinned but there are better spots. I have found some white chantrells there as well but not many........good hunting, wear hunter orange, hunting season is on and lets hear about your success with the mushrooms or furry critters.....those of you that might come over to Kitsap for either, don't forget a bucket for a winters supply of huckleberries.....Green Mountain has a bumper crop and the bushes are full and ripe.......I already have about 5 gals of huckleberries so a 5 gal batch of huckleberri wine will happen this winter...........

billjr64 and NW Panhandler - Thanks for the advice...we will be heading out again next weekend in search of the elusive prey! My wife went to Oregon this week and got some nice MR from my brother, he has a nice spot down there that produces well! I will post how we do! I just got back from a fishing trip in Mexico...need to find a nice Chanterelle and Yellowfin or Dorado recipe next!

Thanks again - Dave