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‘Look around dead trees’: Mushroom hunter offers some tips for the trade in 1986

The mushroom hunting season only lasts a few weeks, so thousands of people wandered through the woods in Iowa looking for them in 1986.

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The mushroom hunting season only lasts a few weeks, so thousands of people wandered through the woods in Iowa looking for them in 1986.”I like them on eggs. My wife likes them over steak, and my daughter likes them fried. So guess we’ll have to find a bunch to satisfy everybody,” said Charles Keller.Keller just like everyone else had his theories about where to look for mushrooms.”Best one I know is just look around dead trees,” he said.See the full story in the video above. More from the KETV Archives:Omaha family travels to see their relative canonized as a saint in 1999An Omaha man learned he was going to be related to a saint in 1999.’We’re flying’: Eppley Airfield unveils new motto, advertising in 1986″I fly to a lot of different cities at various times throughout the year, and this compares with a lot of other major cities,” said one passenger.

The mushroom hunting season only lasts a few weeks, so thousands of people wandered through the woods in Iowa looking for them in 1986.

“I like them on eggs. My wife likes them over steak, and my daughter likes them fried. So guess we’ll have to find a bunch to satisfy everybody,” said Charles Keller.

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Keller just like everyone else had his theories about where to look for mushrooms.

“Best one I know is just look around dead trees,” he said.

See the full story in the video above.

More from the KETV Archives:

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Omaha family travels to see their relative canonized as a saint in 1999

An Omaha man learned he was going to be related to a saint in 1999.

‘We’re flying’: Eppley Airfield unveils new motto, advertising in 1986

“I fly to a lot of different cities at various times throughout the year, and this compares with a lot of other major cities,” said one passenger.

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