| If you're interested in learning how to find more | | | | the most mushrooms) only find more mushrooms |
| morel mushrooms, then this article may help you | | | | that you because they stand still longer. |
| find more mushrooms then ever before. | | | | An expert rule of thumb for morel hunting is for |
| Many of us know that spotting morel mushrooms | | | | every one minute you walk, you should stand and |
| is a tricky task. However, many of us would still | | | | look for the mushroom for SIX. |
| like to find MORE of these scrumptious little guys | | | | A 6 to 1 ratio. |
| wouldn't we? | | | | This is very hard to do, but if you can practice |
| This article will help you! | | | | and learn that the slower you go the more |
| Have you ever noticed that Morels always seem | | | | mushrooms you'll spot, you can increase your |
| to "jump out" at you suddenly, but you never see | | | | yearly bounty easily by 100%. And probably a lot |
| them out of the corner of your eye? | | | | more too. |
| There is a scientific reason for this, and it's based | | | | That means if you find 100 mushrooms in a |
| on a new cutting-edge discovery in the | | | | season, you may find as many as twice that |
| psycho-cognitive field. | | | | amount by simply understanding how your sight |
| You have something in your brain called the | | | | works, its limitations, and that you must simply |
| Fovea. (pho-VEE-uh) It is the wide-screen area | | | | learn to stand still more. |
| field of your vision. | | | | One way to get better at this is to actually time |
| The best way to describe the Fovea is by using a | | | | yourself on two points of data.o How long you |
| picture called a Venn Diagram seen below. The | | | | walked on your mushroom hunt (total time)o How |
| Venn Diagram below illustrates your Foveal field | | | | long you stood still on your hunt (total time) |
| of human vision. | | | | Subtract the time you stood from the total time |
| One circle is your left eye's vision, and the other | | | | you hunted. Then, divide your answer by the total |
| is your right eye's vision. They overlap to make | | | | number you hunted. This will tell you how long you |
| what's called your "Foveal View." | | | | walked. Shoot for 17% or less. |
| This is only 2 degrees of your sight where you | | | | Here's the formula:t = total time hunteds = total |
| interpret the highest resolution detail and color. Up | | | | time stood still |
| to about 5 degrees of the Foveal View you can | | | | T = total time walking |
| detect almost full detail and color. | | | | (t-s)/t = T (x 100) |
| Completely outside of the Foveal View (but still in | | | | Here's an example: |
| your line of sight) is called your "periphery." This | | | | You hunted for 100 minutes(t). You stood for 80 |
| sight is low resolution, tuned to motion and | | | | minutes(s). |
| contrast only, not color or detail. | | | | Did you stand for enough time (goal 17%) to |
| Foveal Vision and Locating Morels | | | | increase our mushroom bounty? |
| Now that we understand how our vision | | | | Let's see the calculation below: |
| translates information into our brain, we can | | | | 100 minutes total hunt (t) - 80 minutes standing |
| better understand why finding morel mushrooms | | | | still (s) = |
| is so difficult. | | | | 20 minutes walking total |
| We cannot see the mushrooms out of the corner | | | | 20 minutes divided by 100 (t) = .20 (T) |
| of our eyes (because of our periphery) and | | | | Multiply .20 times 100 to get the percent (.20 x |
| therefore, we can only see them in our Foveal | | | | 100 = 20%) |
| View. (Again, this is our highest reception of color | | | | We walked 20% of total time hunted. Did you |
| and detail and is only about 2 to 5 degrees of | | | | reach your goal? |
| your total vision.) | | | | No, you missed your goal of 17% by just 3%. |
| A very small range... | | | | Not bad though. |
| The only way to find more mushrooms, then, is | | | | Again, your goal is a 1:6 radio. Walk one minute |
| to SLOW DOWN when we are looking because | | | | (17%) and stand and look for six minutes (83%). |
| we need to see them in our Foveal View. | | | | This translates into standing and looking for about |
| Admittedly, this is very hard to do due to the | | | | 83% of your total time in the field. And only |
| fact that this only makes of 2-5 degrees of our | | | | about 17% walking. |
| total sight! | | | | Yes, that seems like a lot of standing because it |
| So in this "fast paced" world we live in, how can | | | | is! However, if you can get this SINGLE task |
| we learn to slow down and see more mushrooms | | | | down, you'll substantially increase your mushroom |
| that can only be seen in our Foveal View? | | | | bounty. I promise! |
| Practice! | | | | Please respond if you found this article helpful. It is |
| More specifically, practice standing still LONGER to | | | | the most cutting edge information available, and it |
| allow for your sight to see more detail in your | | | | is my goal to use science to help you all find more |
| Foveal View. More mushrooms will "jump out" at | | | | mushrooms. |
| you. | | | | Thanks for reading. |
| The best mushroom hunters (the ones who find | | | | |