UP AFTER ALL THAT RAIN. WELL, IF YOU’VE SPENT ANY TIME IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS SUMMER, YOU KNOW THERE ARE MUSHROOMS EVERYWHERE WITH ALL THE RECENT RAIN THAT WE HAD ALL DIFFERENT SPECIES ALL OVER THE FOREST FLOOR. SO WE FOUND AN EXPERT. FIND OUT WHAT’S GOING ON. SO THESE ARE GOLDEN CHANTERELLES, MUSHROOM HUNTER MIGUEL MARTINEZ FROM TAOS SAYS, SHOWING ME HIS RECENT SCORE. AND HOW DO I IDENTIFY THAT GOLDEN SHANTZ? WELL, YOU COULD SEE THAT THE VEINS CONNECT. HE’S PREPARING THESE FOR LUNCH TODAY. ALSO, ANOTHER WAY IS TO BREAK THEM OPEN AND THEY HAVE A WHITE FLESH. AND ALSO THEY SMELL LIKE APRICOTS. OH, VERY FRUITY SMELL ON THE MENU. GREEN CHILI, ENCHILADAS WITH FRESH MUSHROOMS. SO WE WANT TO DO IS TAKE A GOOD, YOU KNOW A COUPLE OF HANDFULS OF YOUR MUSHROOMS. WE WANT TO REDUCE THE WATER OUT OF THEM AND. WE’RE USING EXTRA MUSHROOMS BECAUSE HE PLENTY TO SPARE THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST PHENOMENAL YEARS I’VE EVER SEEN. MIGUEL TOOK UP THE HOBBY ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO. AND YES BEST YEAR SO FAR IN, TWO DAYS. HE HARVESTED £30 OF THESE MUSHROOMS. FIRST DAY I WENT OUT, I DIDN’T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH PLACE. PUT THE MUSHROOMS. SO I HAD TO FIND A DIFFERENT CONTAINER. THE NEXT DAY CAME BACK OUT, PICKED ANOTHER 15, £20, AND, YOU KNOW, WAS A BIG, GREAT, BIG PILE ON MY KITCHEN TABLE. IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR. HIS DAUGHTER FINDING THAT MONSTER. HE TAKES A GUIDEBOOK WITH HIM TO MAKE SURE HE’S NOT GRABBING ONE OF THE POISONOUS SPECIES. AND A YEAR LIKE THIS, YOU NEED IT. MUSHROOMS ARE EVERYWHERE. A BANNER YEAR. AND THEY’RE JUST WAITING TO COME OUT UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS. AND WE JUST GOT THE RIGHT CONDITIONS. AND THE RESULT OF THAT HARD WORK IS SO GOOD. LET’S SEE. I’M TODD KURTZ. I’LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. OUT ON THE ROAD AS WE KEEP CELEBRATING NEW MEXICO. HE DIDN’T BRING US BACK ANY EITHER. BUT WE DO WANT TO REMIND YOU, IF YOU HUNT FOR MUSHROOMS, HAVE THE GUIDEBOOK TO KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GRABBING AND EATING EVERY YEAR. POISON CONTROL DOES GET DOZENS