Yes, of course I'm interested in picking myself, but as you mentioned, it's a well-kept secret. We did find someone who we thought was nice. Said he wouldn't show us the pines but would show us chanterelles. We don't like chanterelles but we thought it'd be a good start since we knew nothing at all except that we like the taste of pines! He said, "follow me and you'll leave with bucketfuls at the end of the day!" took us around on a wild goose chase and really took a toll on my older family members. It wouldn't have been bad if we were tired but achieved something. But we left tired and empty handed. Not a single finding. He didn't take us to his spots. He knew where they were.
I have seen a couple ads of mushroom tour type things but they're hundreds of dollars and I doubt they'd show us the actual spots... We don't want this for commercial gain, just want to be able to eat some pine mushrooms affordably... But people do it for a living and I guess I understand that they're being protective.
You should check out the second link in my first post. Pickers there are sharing info with each other. Yeah, the prices are way too good to be true, but I thought maybe it might be true for the professional mushroom buyers out there. Was wondering if anyone had any idea of the true price that the middleman is getting...
Thanks for your response!
