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• Searchers locate mushroom pickers

  February 5, 2012 in Region on Page B3 PORTLAND – A family of three huddled on the edge of an old-growth Oregon forest for six days, lost and cold, unable to signal search helicopters flying low and slow …

• Northeast harvests mushroom boom

  October 23, 2011 in Business on Page E5 PORTLAND, Maine — The tropical storms that drenched the Northeast this year left an unexpected bounty: Thousands of mushrooms have sprung up on some lawns, and foragers have filled bags …

• Fall high time for fungi foray

  September 11, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C13 SEATTLE – Fall opens the door to all kinds of outdoor opportunities, and mushroom foraging in the woods is a top contender. As the first heavy rainfalls of autumn arrive …

• Perfect conditions for mushrooms

  October 21, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N6 This has been the year for mushrooms. Homeowners have had them popping up all over yards and gardens and have been flooding garden centers and the Master Gardener Plant Clinic …

• Portobello makes great veggie burger

  August 11, 2010 in Food on Page C3 Whenever the word “veggie” modifies “burger,” many people taste skepticism more than anything else. While it’s true that many veggie burgers are nothing more than mushy patties of ground-up produce, … 2

• Foraging for fungi

  September 2, 2009 in Food on Page C1 Pale yellow chanterelles, fragrant anise mushrooms, distinctive coral fungi and thousands of other species have been prized for centuries. In China, mushrooms have been used in cooking and medicinally for …