burn morel hunters in image from Experience magazine

Where Wildfires Once Blazed, Mushroom Hunters Thrive

High-tech mapping has made foraging easier and faster. What’s gained — and lost — in the hunt? I reveal just that in this story for Experience Magazine.

So I Gather is On the Road

After years of threatening to do it, I’ve hit the road for a very long foray. Over the next several months I’ll be traveling the U.S. seeking fungi and chasing stories. In addition to finding baskets full of mushrooms, I’m hoping to tell the stories of some of the nation’s most interesting mushroom hunters along …