Far West
North Carolina
Currently operations are based in the southwestern most tip of North Carolina. Living here in southern Appalachia over the course of just one mushroom season, we have so far encountered several rare and notable species of interest. All intriguing samples have been transported in specimen tubes, before being dried, cataloged and stored for safe keeping.
Wisconsin
The moment I set foot in Wisconsin, I knew the place was special. Now I would say its my absolute favorite place to be in the fall. Which is why our annual pilgrimage to the North Woods Foray is always one of the highlights of my year.
Montana
Visiting prolific morel patches. Each year in the late summer, wildfires rage and spread sometimes throughout entire forests in the mountains of Montana. Then the following spring, like clockwork after the snow melts, fungal life fruits forth. Charred remains of forests, previously subsumed by wildfires, are then carpeted in morel mushrooms.
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Van Isle is another world entirely, and a verifiable mushroom hunter’s paradise. Ancient polypores cling to 800-year old tree trunks, in a world where the vegetation is so thick that it takes either boardwalks or bush-wacking to breach the depths of these sacred jungles.
West Virginia
Living through a West Virginia winter was the inspiration to forge south to North Carolina where operations are currently based today. Although the experience was harsh and unforgiving, the time spent in WV was eye opening. We were able to scrounge up more than a few fungi finds over the 6 month time period. Click the photo to see my WV gallery.
Florida
What a special place, that rarely anyone explores with mushroom diversity in mind. My experiences in the Florida panhandle are always sweaty and mosquito-filled, yet there is something so raw and natural about this place. I make a semi-yearly pilgrimage to Florida, and every time I can never wait to go back.
Pennsylvania
The self-proclaimed mushroom capital of the world, where I lived for over a decade and worked as a research scientist while attending graduate school. It was during my studies at USciences that I first developed a fascination with mycology.
Maryland
As I would discover later in life, the very woods in the County where I grew up are host to a broad array of ecological niches and species. It is estimated by some local mycology experts that Maryland contains upwards of 10,000 species of basidiomycota (mushrooms).