Mushroom Foraging with James O’Neill

This was by far my favorite article to “research” — and bear in mind, I had to drink free beer in seven taprooms for one of the pieces I wrote for the Times Union.

“On a Tuesday night in mid-July, after a series of biblical Hudson Valley rains, James O’Neill was dropped off at a location he prefers to keep secret. He slipped away into the woods, wearing a T-shirt, boots and snake gaiters. He turned on a headlamp and a speaker, which pumped out ’90s hip-hop — not just for a soundtrack, but because he was planning to be there all night and didn’t want to crash into any bears or mountain lions…” Read the rest of my mushroom foraging article here.