Contents 1 Introduction 



1 Mushroom Harvest in the Blue Mountains— a Historical Perspective 



2 Mushrooms in Western Culture 



3 Harvesting the Resource 



4 Commercial Harvest 



5 Regulations 



7 Private Lands 



8 Conflicts 

 8 Biology 



8 General 



9 Reproduction 



10 Morels 



11 Concerns 



1 1 Effect on the Mushroom Resource From Overharvesting of Mushrooms 



12 Effect of Mushroom Harvest on Other Resources 



12 Effect on the Mushroom Resource From Timber Harvesting 



13 Monitoring 



13 Research Needs 



14 Conclusions 



14 Acknowledgments 



15 Literature Cited 



17 Appendix: Mushrooms Commercially Important in the Blue Mountains 



17 Morel, Morchella Species 



18 King Bolete, Boletus edulis 



19 Conifer Coral Hericium, Hericium Species 



20 Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus 



21 Shaggy Mane, Coprinus comatus 



22 Commercial Mushrooms of the Blue Mountains 



