Oregon Mushroom Picking Quiz

How well do you understand the rules and regulations about picking mushrooms in Oregon? Take our 9 question quiz and find out.

Can you pick mushrooms in a USFS Wilderness area?

Yes

Maybe

USFS stands for United States Forest Service and Wilderness Area is a specific designation.

The Answer is Maybe.

Some Wilderness zones allow you to pick up to 1 gallon for personal use (Malheur, Wallowa-Whitman & Umatilla) and some allow you to pick as long as you consume on-site (Deschute, Willamette, Fremont-Winema & Umpqua) and some don't allow picking at all.

A free permit is required to pick up to 1 gallon on USFS

Always

Never

Sometimes

Note: in some forests it would be 2 gallons

The Answer is Sometimes.

Malheur, Wallowa-whitman, Siuslaw, Mt Hood and Umatilla do not require a permit to pick less than a gallon. The others require a free permit. Deschutes, Willamette, Fremont-Winema, Umpqua and Ochoco acutally allow you to pick up to 2 gallons after you have a permit - but a permit is still required!

After you get a permit, for free or incidental picking, in one of the 5 forest that require it, you don't have to cut your mushrooms in half

True

False

Sometimes

The Answer is False

It is crazy, but, the 5 forest that require a permit for up to 1 gallon, also require you cut the mushrooms in half, lengthwise. This includes Malheur, Wallowa-whitman, Siuslaw, Mt Hood and Umatilla

The forests that allow you to pick a gallon without a permit, oddly, do not require you cut them in half.

If collecting for personal use, no permit is required for Oregon Department of Forestry lands

True

False

The Answer is True

Unless posted otherwise

Legally, At least one-third of the mushroom caps in the collection area (USFS Only) should must be left intact to release spores.

Always

Never

Sometimes

Sometimes is the Answer.

There is a Forest Service regulation (FW-337) that states that "at least one-third of the mushroom caps on the collection area (of the same species as being collected) should be left intact to release spores"

This rule is for the Willamette and the Umpqua forests

The Right Answer is All

Each of those forests require a separate permit to pick Matsutake. Additionally, Siuslaw and Siskiyou-Rogue River Forests also require special permits.

Which Forest allows you to pick up to 6 matsutake in one day, withouth a permit, but requires you to cut them in half?

The right answer is Siuslaw

Which Forest sells only 100 commercial matsutake permits for $250 per permit that allows unlimited picking?

The right answer is Siuslaw

Which Forest sells a commercial permit that charges by the lb picked: $1 for non-matsutake and $4 per matsutake?

Oregon Mushroom Picking Quiz

The Answer is Maybe.

The Answer is Sometimes.

The Answer is False

The Answer is True

Sometimes is the Answer.

The Right Answer is All

The right answer is Siuslaw

The right answer is Siuslaw

The Answer is Mt. Hood