Hi Andy,

 So glad that you were able to return to CA and your fungal roots! On a good year, Yuba Pass is a wonderland of cool and unusual fungi, with the added bonus of those springtime delicacies like Boletus rex-veris and morels and the very yummy Agaricus "albolutescens" now moronii. And of course, the unique hunting habs of those western snowmelt fungi and the aquatic oddballs at Sand Lake! I have really missed the snowmelts in particular, since we have had several years w/out snow. 

Keen eyes, foreknowlege and lots of warm bodies can usually rustle up some fine fungal finds, even in the worst of the mushroom years.
It was odd that things got such a slow start in the High Sierra this year, what with our tremendous snowfalls and a rather spectacular coastal fall season.

I guess there are no guarantees of mushrooms in the field! Still, a beautfiul place to spend a week, regardless of numbers counted.
David and I are heading up a BAMS group in another week, to check out the fall fungi-flora of Yuba Pass. Word is that there is plenty of diversity right now, and we are no more likely to get snowed upon that you were in the spring!

All the best,

Debbie Viess