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RE: Mushroom Hunting Great Success
Very nice - we don't forage for money either, but I honestly can't think of anything in this area that has so much value at market. Morels typically sell well at farmer's markets, but we eat everything we find too. Foraging is a wonderful thing.
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There are various medicinal crops domestic and wild that actually are worth more per pound, and vastly more in the broader economy, such as cannabis. Although, the price has dropped so much since legalization I'm not sure cannabis much exceeds that dollar value per pound anymore =)
Wild seeds necessary to reclamation projects can be worth more per pound, particularly in the Great Basin. You might be surprised that porcupine quills are worth ~$10/oz, and Bobcat hides ~$400 each. Products used by florists, such as fern and Salal fronds, moss, and 'Old Man's Beard' lichen are all more valuable as products to the economy than Mastutakes, if not per pound.
Also, since the gangs have greatly increased the supply of Matsutakes, they have also hugely crashed the price. I have heard of gluts causing the price to drop to as low as $5/lb. Supply and demand.