Shrooms + FJ = Big FUN!

[Ziggy_ks1]

Ok, I'm a little curious. I hunt/chase storms as my hobby and sneak up on them from behind. Do you just run up on them when they are looking the other way and ambush them?

[Toledo FJ]

Yeah, you can make big money in the NW on the morel and Chanterelle crops. I started shrooming when I was living in Missoula MT. I remember a few people killed each other over morel patches near Glacier park. Crazy Shroomers!

I don't have any shroom specific equipment on my rig. I'm just trying to build it up to take me anywhere I point it. The only shroom mod I can think of is to have external mounted baskets for carrying the harvested shrooms. That way, the porous basket will allow spores to disperse like crazy and help spread the crop for next year! I've also been trying to come up with a name that somehow expresses my love for shrooms. Maybe I'll call her the "Mushroom Mauler" Lol! I'll be starting a build thread soon, so you can see all of the mods I've done so far. Here are a couple more pics.

[ballkillerxxx]

misleading title he he I have done some hunting for them too back in ND but wouldnt advise it for the novice because there are dangerous ones out there that are poisionous!

[frogeye]

I too enjoy finding shrooms. I have a great book with lots of shroom pics. Be very careful as you know they can kill you!

[Razor J]

I have morels in my yard..never tried them..guess I should

[TrAiLbUs1]

ARe you a mycologist?

[Toledo FJ]

Mycology and entomology are just weird passions of mine. I'm not a professional in either field. I do know quite a bit about both from a life of observation and interest. I was living in Missoula and dating a girl whose father was a professor at the university of Montana. One day in the spring he asked me if I had ever gone morel hunting. I said no, but I knew morels were good from times I had them at fancy dinners. It was the spring after the 2000 fire season that burned the entire Bitterroot Valley. Morels tend to have bumper crops following burns. He took me to Blodgette Canyon about 40 mi south of missoula. It was unreal.... there were morels EVERYWHERE for as far as you could see. Huge morels... the biggest I picked was 15 inches tall and about seven inches thick. I filled a thirty gallon bag in about ten minutes and didn't go more than 15 feet from the parking area. I had shot a 1000lb 6x6 bull elk that season too, so I had elk steaks and morels for a year and a half! After the season was over, I ran into a guy at Weir Creek hot springs. He said he made almost $75,000 in six weeks of picking. Not bad!
I agree that you need to be POSITIVE of what you are picking before you eat anything. If you are unsure, don't eat it. There are fewer than ten deadly mushrooms found in the US, but they are very common and some can be confused with edible species. The Death Cap, The Destroying Angle, and The Deadly Wood Galerina are among the most common and deadly. One bite is more than enough to kill a grown man and there is no treatment to save you. Morels are pretty easy, as only false morels look remotely similar and once you have seen a true next to a false, you won't confuse the two. The Great Morel - False Morels

Razor J, Try them! They are a true delicacy. If you don't like em, send them to me. They are worth quite a bit of money!

[other1]

I have very fond memories of mushroom hunting in a large cow pasture down near the Hilo Zoo in Hawaii. It was on the flight path to the Hilo airport. You'd be standing there and 747s would be coming in for a landing , and it would be right in front of you. Pretty awesome!! As were the shrooms. Talk about seeing things!!

[Crotalus]

Awesome! When I was young, my family used to go pick pounds of morels, batter them, and fry them in butter. MMmmmmmmm!

I think that I am going to go get my kids, get in the FJ, and go find some - the lilacs are blooming... It's hard to mess up morel ID so I'll stick with those!

[chango]

The back of the FJ would be perfect for keeping a mushroom smelling pig too.