Man Lugs Home 57 Lb. Mushroom
July 11, 2012
The June rains never seemed to stop, so Christian Therrien delayed his annual foray into the fields to forage for fungi.
On a sunny day, he drove to a favourite spot outside Fernie. He was returning to a routine after rediscovering an appetite for mycological delights.
“For a couple of years I didn’t go, because I was kind of sick of eating them,” said Mr. Therrien, a native Quebecker who has been living in British Columbia for 33 years.
His mushroom hunting grounds have in the past delivered prizes the size of a baseball, a softball, and, once, memorably, a basketball.
He had expectations of a bounty crop. “They grow good in the rain,” he said. “This year the rain lasted almost until July.”
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