70th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--1999 Regular Session

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 LC 3086

                    House Joint Resolution 68

Sponsored by Representative BECK (at the request of Kevin
  Winthrop)


                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Designates Pacific golden chanterelle (Cantharellus formosus)
as state mushroom.

                        JOINT RESOLUTION
  Whereas the State of Oregon is internationally renowned for
producing an abundance of wild, edible fungi of high culinary
value; and
  Whereas the Pacific golden chanterelle is unique to the Pacific
Northwest and found in prodigious quantities in Oregon; and
  Whereas the Pacific golden chanterelle is coveted for its
culinary, nutritional and medicinal value; and
  Whereas the more than 500,000 pounds of Pacific golden
chanterelles harvested annually represent a large portion of
Oregon's commercial mushroom business; and
  Whereas most of the Pacific golden chanterelles are exported to
foreign markets; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  That the Pacific golden chanterelle (Cantharellus formosus) is
recognized as and hereby is designated to be the official
mushroom of the State of Oregon.
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