10 Morel Mushroom Hunting Tips for Your Next Adventure

[hawgrider]

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Are you excited with thoughts of filling baskets of morel mushrooms to overflow capacity? Here are some tips to help you have a great mushroom harvest this year.

If morel mushrooms aren’t already showing up where you live they soon will be. Are you ready? Here are ten quick tips to help fuel your morel mushroom daydreams.
1. The temperature is just right.

I’m not saying that morels are fickle or anything, but they are a little like baby bear who wanted his porridge to be “just right.” Keep an eye on the temperature outside. Morels like it when it starts to get around 60 degrees and above during the day, and night temperatures hover around 40 degrees. Also, get yourself a soil thermometer and check the temperature of the soil where you hunt. Morels start popping up when the earth gets between 45 degrees and
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[DerBiermeister]

I would starve to death before eating a mushroom.

[RubberDuck]

I can eat mushrooms in every meal.
One of the cheeses I smoked recently was morel an leek cheese. Very tasty

[hawgrider]

I would starve to death before eating a mushroom.Your missing out.
Morals taste like a porterhouse steak.

[Sparkyprep]

I don't think morals grow down here. I've never seen one. Wild mushroom hunting can be a dicey proposition. Proper, accurate identification is crucial.

[hawgrider]

I don't think morals grow down here. I've never seen one. Wild mushroom hunting can be a dicey proposition. Proper, accurate identification is crucial.
Morals are an easy ID. False morals are easy to ID. Morals are the only ones I would and do hunt.

[RubberDuck]

I have picked Beef steak .
mushrooms love the taste fried in butter these you really have to be careful on.
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[hawgrider]

Those scare me.... Im a chicken shit.

[Arklatex]

I'm a little leery of mushroom hunting. Because I literally have no idea what I'm doing. Our temps are about right for this starting Monday. Maybe a scout is in order for Morels. No idea if they grow here or not.

[hawgrider]

I'm a little leery of mushroom hunting. Because I literally have no idea what I'm doing. Our temps are about right for this starting Monday. Maybe a scout is in order for Morels. No idea if they grow here or not.




Do morels grow in my region of the United States?
This is an often-asked question and with the exception of a few geographical areas, the answer is more than likely -yes. However, while it seems the Great Lakes region in the midwest is the hot bed for the morel, the morels are found in most regions of the US with the exception of the desert and deep southern coastal areas. The Great Morel suggests that you contact your area's nature and wildlife department for assistance as an added information source. You can also check out The Great Morel's*sighting maps*to see when your region is having harvesting activity. While there are many places where the morel is not natural to the geography, it also is not uncommon to find them in mulch beds for what The Great Morel refers to as "landscape morels".
http://www.thegreatmorel.com/faq.html#q1

[Arklatex]

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Great link Hawg. Looks like it's still too early yet. BUT, maybe just about right for the spring bug out in the great Lakes area!?!

[hawgrider]

Great link Hawg. Looks like it's still too early yet. BUT, maybe just about right for the spring bug out in the great Lakes area!?!yes if the temps are right we could hit those with the leeks. They are a challange to find.

[RubberDuck]

There are lots of large puff ball mushrooms out on the bugout property tasty fried in butter.

[hawgrider]

There are lots of large puff ball mushrooms out on the bugout property tasty fried in butter.
Im scared of those things too lol

[Sasquatch]

I just went out foraging this weekend with a guy that really knows his stuff (I'm still learning). He showed me a white, standard looking mushroom that was highly toxic. You could tell because as soon as you touch it it turns yellow in that spot. Can't remember the name. Anyone know of something like that?

[RubberDuck]

I just went out foraging this weekend with a guy that really knows his stuff (I'm still learning). He showed me a white, standard looking mushroom that was highly toxic. You could tell because as soon as you touch it it turns yellow in that spot. Can't remember the name. Anyone know of something like that?
Was it this?
http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/agaricus-xanthodermus.php
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Agaricus xanthodermus Genev. - Yellow Stainer
The Yellow Stainer also occurs in Australia, where it is an introduced species and is reported to be a very common cause of mushroom poisoning.

No other common white mushroom turns such a bright chrome yellow so rapidly when handled, although a few of the edible Agaricus species do bruise slightly yellow, and so it is important to check all characteristics, including odour, when making an identification.

[Sasquatch]

Was it this?
http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/agaricus-xanthodermus.php
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Agaricus xanthodermus Genev. - Yellow Stainer
The Yellow Stainer also occurs in Australia, where it is an introduced species and is reported to be a very common cause of mushroom poisoning.

No other common white mushroom turns such a bright chrome yellow so rapidly when handled, although a few of the edible Agaricus species do bruise slightly yellow, and so it is important to check all characteristics, including odour, when making an identification.
Looks like it! Well done.

[Arklatex]

These things grow out here and are pretty easy to spot, they are good fried in garlic butter. Called chicken of the woods. Pretty sure they grow all over the US.

http://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/chicken-of-the-woods.html#sthash.jUhyWWsa.sQY6AAMO.dpbs

[Arklatex]

Testing to see if this works...

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Edit, looks like it did. Any of you mushroom guys know what this is? Found it today on my weekly woodswalk.

[hawgrider]

Pic looks good Ark. I can't Id the shroom.