Modern Forager

12/12/2024

Out hunting on the Oregon coast with Trent & Kristen Blizzard and Ginger . Had a ton of fun foraging and learning about the mushrooms of the Oregon coast with them.

12/02/2024

🍄🍄 Forager Friends! We are having a winter sale - 10% off all items stocked in-house: baskets, books, bags, knives, hats & more. Use code WINTER24 at checkout. Now thru 12/4. Happy Holidays!

https://shop.modern-forager.com/collections/winter-sale

11/21/2024

Loving our new art installation! We are going to eat them next week “as part of this unique artistic experience, honoring their place in both art history and popular culture.” 🤣🤣🤣

11/21/2024

SOMA Camp Registration is open! Hope to see you there this year myco peeps. It's mushrooms, it's forays, it's food, it's wine, it's cheese, it's workshops and presentations, it's fantastic. A favorite event, put on by our friends at the SOMA - Sonoma County Mycological Association

SOMA CAMPCamp 2025 is set for January 17-20th, 2025Registrants may arrive anytime after 1pm on Friday this year! Register Here What is SOMA Camp?SOMA Camp is an annual multi-day event nestled among acres of oak, madrone, tan oak, redwood, and Douglas fir trees near Occidental, California hosted by u...

11/13/2024

What are you doing with those giant, wet ass PNW chanterelles? We learned a new preservation method at NAMA Camp last weekend. Pro-tip from Loni at Fungi Perfecti, shred them into bits like string cheese and DEHYDRATE them! Yes indeed, chuck em in the dryer until crispy and store in a jar with desiccant pack, ideally vacuum sealed. The magic happens when you rehydrate in a sauté pan with water, simmer until tender and juices cooked off (10-15 min), and use anywhere you would normally employ shredded chicken. Trent added bbq sauce and pickled lobsters to this sammie - it was amazing. Texturally spot on and absolutely delish. Try it, dare you! 🐥💥

11/10/2024

It’s been a tree hugging, fungal jungle, magical forest kind of week. Thankful for peaceful moments in nature on our favorite trails. It could not have been more beautiful on the Oregon coast this week.

10/21/2024

It sure is good to be back at the Oregon coast! Looks like it’s shaping up to be a great mushroom season. Trent and I decided earlier this year to make the PNW our full time residence! We’ve been on a pilgrimage from WI to OR and back for the last 3 years every spring and fall. While we will dearly miss the WI Northwoods and our midwestern friends, it was becoming too much to manage. Neither place truly felt like home. We are so thrilled to put down some permanent roots and just relax for a minute 😎 Hope to see more of all you CA, OR and WA friends this season!

09/14/2024

Just a coupla WI northwoods hens! They are more rare up north, feeling lucky 🤩

09/11/2024

Has anyone out there pickled lobster mushrooms? Pros/cons/ thoughts? We’ve pickled lots of shrooms but this is the first time for lobsters. Can’t wait to try them!

09/11/2024

OMG! The fungal bounty of the Wisconsin Northwoods abounds. What a beautiful season this year. Thanks to our friends at the Wisconsin Mycological Society for their insights and shared experiences. We 🧡 you! Bruch Reed

09/02/2024

Restorative day in the coastal rain forest with all our favorites! There is always something to find on the Oregon coast. Now crafting a beautiful green curry chock full of freshly foraged fungi. Yum!

08/30/2024

Siuslaw National Forest commercial matsutake permits already on sale! As of this am (8/30/24) 56/100 have been issued - $250. Personal use is 6 mushrooms per person, per day. Must be sliced in half and no permit required. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/siuslaw/passes-permits/forestproducts/?cid=fsbdev7_007234

If you are interested in a permit, you must mail in this permit request or drop it off at the Central Coast Ranger District in Waldport -https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd934203.pdf

Looking forward to a great season on the coast! Cya out there! Kristen Trent

07/12/2024

More fungi from the Wisco Northwoods! Seems so early for trumpets, but we’ve had lots of rain and recent heat. Look at that perfectly cute lil ole man. Keep ‘em coming Mother Nature!

07/11/2024

The chanties are poppin’ in the pines! Mostly, mercifully, bug free. Mush bud Arne brings the early luck - time to get on out there Wisco. Check out Arne’s tours up near Bayfield/Corny, he’ll put you onto the fungus among us. 🍄❤️🍄❤️

07/09/2024

Friends of the Fungi! Join us in Randle, WA this Halloween for a fantastic North American Mycological Association foray in the big, big PNW trees. This is a stunning area right between Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens - matsutake country. Come meet your 🍄 people, we are all here... the event is selling out quickly so don't delay.

Pacific Northwest NAMA Camp

07/07/2024

Shroom season is starting up in Wisco! A few gifts for dinner ended up in quiche and curry. All in all a delicious weekend!!

06/20/2024

What a wonderful last day in Romania! The mushroom season is early this year, just in the knick of time for us. Locally in Sacele, in Hungarian, chanterelles are called the fox mushroom - roka gomba - and the porcini, the bear mushroom - medve gomba. A friendly fox stopped for a hello and a headshot on our way home. Thanks to Sanyi and Amalka for sharing their local knowledge of fungi with us and to for always being the guy who puts people together 🙏 🍄❤️ Until next time friends!