Oregon Considered
Matsutake Season Draws Thousands to the Forest
September 12, 2005
As the summer recedes and rain begins to moisten the woods, Oregon's higher altitude forests bloom with all kinds of mushrooms--morels, shitake and chanterelles.
But the fungi that captures the imagination of those in-the-know' is the Matsutake.
The commercial matsutake mushroom picking season opened Monday in Oregon's Deschutes, Fremont-Winema, Umpqua, and Willamette National Forests.
The harvest has grown into quite an event, with hundreds of pickers gathering from all over the world.
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