Jeff Falcone Posted August 19, 2021 Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 The other day my wife and I were out on a mushroom walk. Some random guy comes up to us and says, "I'm a little disturbed to see other people in my mushroom spot." We ended up having a very good chat. He seemed like a quirky nice fellow. We were talking about what we've been finding and he mentioned that he had already found Matsutake this year. I told him that I've never found Matsutake. He proceeded to describe where to look. First off he said Maine wasn't great, because of too much pine. He told me to go south and look for oak dominant forest. Later in the walk, I found a hole dug under a hemlock that was quite close to where our encounter was. Too funny. This made my day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bprzyw Posted August 19, 2021 Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 Haha! Trying to throw you off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Falcone Posted August 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 1 hour ago, bprzyw said: Haha! Trying to throw you off! My first mushroom book was the David Spahr book. in the section on matsutake he talks about people intentionally spreading misinformation. It made my day when it happened to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bprzyw Posted August 19, 2021 Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 That’s too funny! I have never spotted them around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Falcone Posted October 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 So this story has a happy ending for me. Morale of the story is don’t take strangers for fools. I came back looking specifically for these because of what my random friend said. Thank you for the tip. Right under those oaks… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 Haha, that's hilarious! Quebec is just north of Maine, and here they grow exclusively in Pine plantations, and to a lesser degree, Spruce plantations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Falcone Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 On 10/6/2021 at 4:17 PM, Calvert said: Haha, that's hilarious! Quebec is just north of Maine, and here they grow exclusively in Pine plantations, and to a lesser degree, Spruce plantations. Down here they’re almost exclusively found in hemlock groves, I speculate because eastern hemlock is the dominant species when soil is sandy. The traditional wisdom (so I’ve read) is to look for hemlock groves on hills near water with sandy soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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