Helen LaMarche,a true naturalist and mushroomer, makes the perfect bag available. Helen is an accomplished horticulturist and farmer with an organic focus. She is a model for us all – one who communes with nature and cares for the earth through education and with heart.

Helen has more than 35 years of dedicated exploration of the forests in the Pacific Northwest. Her knowledge of the wilderness, wild mushrooms, and the joy of the adventure brings you a great mushroom bag. This bag features functionality by encompassing the needs of the user and of the environment while we are guests of the forest in search of mushrooms.

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Helen says: “Be practical, prepared and safe. Be informed.”

• Use a reputable field guide.
• Shroom with an experienced friend.
• Eat only mushrooms you have positively identified as edible.

Mushroom Safety:

• Compare your mushrooms carefully with illustrations and descriptions
• Keep species separate
• Cut only whole, fresh specimens
• Collect your finds in Helen’s Utility bag for Mushrooming; non mesh bags cause mushrooms to bruise and sweat
• Clean off surface dirt before placing mushrooms in containers
• Tell someone where you will be and when you expect to return

Helen says: “Let’s keep the spores in the forest and the mycelium in the ground.”

• Cut, don’t pull, the mushroom.
• Place in Helen’s Utility Bag for Mushrooming.
• Spread the spores to the ground just by walking.

• Forest durable materials and construction
• 1/8 inch mesh to distribute spores
• Metal “D” ring for clip-on items: keys, knife, gloves
• Water/weather resistant zippered pouch for items such as: mushroom guide, cell phone, first aid kit, water
• Adjustable strap worn over shoulder or around waist
• Reflector and bright color for safety