Sob Pick
A sob pick is the last desperate shroom pick before first frost. The harvest usualy provides slim pickings for even the most skilled harvester. The prospect of there being no more crop until next year fills the hunter with woe.
Louie's face was soaked with tears while on his final desperate sob pick. There was no solace in the fact he had a stock pile of dry shrooms to last the year as he had eaten them all.