Mid-Missouri mushroom-hunting group makes first foray into woods

Saturday, October 8, 2011 | 8:10 p.m. CDT; updated 8:22 p.m. CDT, Saturday, October 8, 2011

COLUMBIA — The forest glowed with yellow and orange autumn leaves on Saturday, but the recent lack of rain meant less-than-ideal conditions for favorite fall mushrooms, such as hen of the woods and chicken of the woods.

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