First morel found on march 9th

03-12-07, 09:30

here it is, found in southern georgia. this would mean im about 3 weeks away from finding my first one here locally ...wOOt!

dial8 · 03-12-07, 09:34

Nice! I know there are a bunch of hunters eager to start looking! I know I am.

siam_jim · 03-12-07, 09:39

yummmmmmy.....

siam

03-12-07, 09:54

jim...youre covered dude!~ even if i find not a single one this year lol (which will NOT happen, if we dont get rain im dragging a hose into the woods....)

siam_jim · 03-12-07, 10:13

sir grey, as we type. i'm doing the voodoo rain dance for your quest,,,enjoy.,,lol

siam

03-12-07, 10:37

theres a feller i know that goes about 6' 5" tall and swears he gets on a zebra thong, indian feathers and knee high tube socks with red stripes on them and swears by this method for bringing rain for morel season. when its dry out....youll try almost anything.

hypercomm · 03-15-07, 00:35

I just learned that they predominately grow near fallen elm and ash tree's.............if thats true, I need to be able to I.D. those marvelous trees!

Bobcat · 03-15-07, 15:26

Happy days have come again!!!!!!

03-15-07, 17:23

LIVE ash trees...mature ones produce morels not dead ones. with black ash and white ash producing the most where i hunt.....DYING elms make the most morels, live elms produce and so do deadfall but once you see that Dryads saddle has taken over the elm...the days of it pushing out morels are done. Morels will pop up around other trees as well..white pine for black and yellow morels.....black cherry , beech, and tulip poplar, cottonwood trees can be great as can maples late in the season. Any of the cane producing plants like raspberries and wild roses are fantastic places to look for morels.

I have an unsubstantiated report that black morels are up in Lawrenceville Indiana...way to the southern tip.

I went scouting south yesterday and saw encouraging broadleaf plant growth.

Indicator plants for morel timing.....dutchmens britches wildflowers, wake robin, trillium orchid and mayapple

forsythia bushes and lilacs too.....when the lilacs are blooming though...the last of the yellows are up and soon gone.

Anyone have any morel hunting questions .....dont hesitate to pm me.

Freaky · 03-15-07, 21:37

I'm getting so excited about the upcoming season! I get the feeling I may be calling into work if the weather is right in a few weeks

Too bad they fruit for such a short time period.

03-15-07, 21:41

gotta meet em south and follow em north freaky....i might go north of petosky or into ontario this year. last year i picked my first april 9th and my last was on june 3rd. Im getting so excited i can barely stand it though....already had my first morel dream and yesterday when i was in the woods...the warmth and the smell made me all twitchy.

Freaky · 03-15-07, 21:50

I know what you mean! All I've been thinking about and talking about is my upcoming hunting plans. I've got some new spots I'm gonna check out this year I'm excited about.

I prefer the drive to cheboygan a little before mothers day, always a pleasant hunt up there.

03-15-07, 22:15

black ash is by far the number one tree in that area for yellows and greys....never been up that way early enough to really get alot of blacks. Its beautiful up there though- and its always such a fun time.

abaca · 03-15-07, 22:30

Do you have and tip for finding these elusive shrooms in the rocky mountains? From what I've heard the season is usually mid June-end of July. I've aslo heard they seem to thrive a couple years after a forest fire. Any other tips, advise or suggestions?

03-15-07, 22:42

when youre hunting in mountains elevation is key, they will continuously move up the slope as the spring progresses into summer. if you get good rain, go the day after. pines will probably be your best tree, although aspens if available are good for blacks, white pines make yellows late in the cycle, most other pines are associated with blacks. it is true they fruit freakishly after fires, usually 2 years after a burn the effect is gone and hunting will be poor. i havent hunted many burns but supposedly the area in the needle zone where the trees are charred but alive and have dropped their needles is prime. if you hunt a burn and find this to be true let us know! have fun and hope this helps...morel hunting can be like an addictive form of easter egg hunt.

kocos · 03-16-07, 05:56

We were out yesterday, walked a long distance, looking for morels in all types of forests. Nothing yet

but i feel that they are coming, the weekend is bringing rain, i think next week and the first ones will start popping up. Ill post pics if i succed

Godflesh · 03-16-07, 09:40

I am in Northern Indiana and nothing yet! Took a walk through a couple of my hot spots and the broad leave plants are just starting to grow! Will not be long!

03-16-07, 10:15

confirmed report of 33 morels found in carter co in southern Kentucky!!!!

cmon rain and sun!!!!!!!!

Freaky · 03-17-07, 00:05

Ash trees have always been where I've had luck and around wild berry bushes.

I think soil plays a key too, loose sandy type soil is good pickin's I think.

The fun of it is what makes it a good time. I love hunting for morels

Happy Funging everyone

03-17-07, 04:07

everything north of kalamazoo is pretty much perfect morel soil..and most of everything south of kalamazoo isnt half bad either in michigan. blacks will not tolerate clay at all...and greys and yellows pretty much hate it and wont fruit en masse in it. they like limey soils alot too. learn the black ash tree too freaky.....very tight diamond bark pattern....looking up at the branches looks like a halloween tree....branches should be all gnarled, and if yellowsmorels are out it will be sprouting reddish leaf buds. in boyne /petoskey area black ash rulez~

03-21-07, 06:46

arkansas is reporting now wOooOOooooot!!

heres something to stir the pot up a bit.....how many do you see in this picture??

safTman · 03-21-07, 07:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by greysRDbest

arkansas is reporting now wOooOOooooot!!

heres something to stir the pot up a bit.....how many do you see in this picture??

12 is what i see

03-21-07, 11:38

close....but there are more. In all there were 21 in this patch....i could only fit a certain amount into frame.

Bobcat · 03-22-07, 13:13

The pot is stirred!!!!!!!

03-22-07, 18:27

got a confirmed report from southern indiana, looks to me like this years season is a minumum 5 days ahead of schedule

Bobcat · 03-23-07, 09:27

Looks good for moisture around my area. Maybe too good, really. When do you typically start foraging, Greys?

Foster · 03-23-07, 11:16

I'm goin out today for the first look. I'll report back if anything is found.

Its a little early still for me aint it greys?

I'll look anyway

good luck huntin y'all.

foster

03-23-07, 11:24

BOBCAT they start on the michigan/ indiana state line right around april 25th usually...with the big flush coming the first week of may (DEPENDING on weather.....one must constantly adjust for the weather)

Foster- right now ppl are getting the first few in kentucky/tennesee/georgia...theyre not filling sacks yet but ppl are reporting finding handfuls.

Bobcat · 03-23-07, 11:31

That seems about right. Typically I start hearing about stuff towards the end of April. But its really not until the end of May that one really starts to hear about so and so finding mushrooms. Yellows.

Maybe thats cause the early birds are a little more hush-hush, though. And more people are willing to go out and about later in the season....

03-23-07, 11:45

ive noticed alot of ppl that hunt them with their family as a tradition kind of thing often are very hard headed about timing. they go on their trip to wherever their woods or "patch" may be regardless of the weather pattern, which is usually ok from year to year, there are years that are later or earlier though ,where this tactic doesnt work at all. this will most likely be an early year from what im seeing. all my spies in the southern states are emailing me finding their first one 5-6 days ahead of "schedule". I might blab alot about morels here.....but locally i dont say crap to anyone until ive already emptied my honey holes out.LOL.

the yellows you hear about at the end of may are thickfoots...a larger capped form of M. esculenta. The reason why ppl find them so easily is because they are much larger than a standard morel....fruit out in the open more often than not...even in open grassy areas. they are tragically easy to find especially in the morning or afternoon when the sun will light up the cap like its glowing. memorial day weekend in michigan this is what ppl are finding usually.

Lazlo · 03-23-07, 11:46

They're finding them in West Virginia also. One nice rain and they should be going off after that.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to join in the pickings.

Hortguy · 03-23-07, 15:48

I'm going out for blacks in Bedford area Indiana, it looks like we have a good slim chance in hell of getting some.

We got all the south facing decidious slopes scoped out on google earth.

03-23-07, 17:49

I bet you get a few blacks and half frees. good luck, please post back on your finds ( or lack thereof)!

03-24-07, 07:51

a very good source sent me this via email yesterday. this was found in southern ohio

Lazlo · 03-24-07, 10:33

I was searching around yesterday and saw the both of your finds on a hunting forum or something like that.

Have you found any more Greys? In another week or 2 they should really be in full force in W.V. My friends mother found a few while cleaning up her yard a couple of days ago. They're hoping for a soaking rain and then my friend's going to go there for a couple of days to look for them. They have all of the mack daddy spots they've been using for years.

03-24-07, 11:14

im starting to head out in earnest next week.....will still only be getting handfuls im sure. ive seen a couple more reports from W. Virginia this morning as well. not sure if they are substantiated. The only reports im posting here are one from friends and spies i have in other states that are trustworthy or photos with a newspaper etc to confirm date. believe it or not if you get some really decent dried morels whole and rehydrate them...a few will mimic a fresh morel so well a picture will fool most ppl. i see it on forum boards every year as either an april fools joke or hoax to rattle some cages, so i only rely on those ppl that i know will tell the truth.

Godflesh · 03-24-07, 13:21

Just got in from the woods and nothing to report, Northern Ind.,Mich. state line!

Still a couple weeks off yet,IMO. Need alittle warmer weather! It is extremely wet.

joey_megabucks · 03-24-07, 15:42

dam, i don't know anything about morels. they are tasty? lots of hoopla about them here. lol

03-24-07, 15:52

morels are just as fun to hunt as they are to eat, and they are exceedingly good to eat. it ranks right up there with truffles, king bolete , chantrelles and maitake for me. it is not my number one....but its right up there.

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03-15-07, 15:26	#8 (permalink)
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03-15-07, 21:37	#10 (permalink)
Freaky Magik Mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,518	I'm getting so excited about the upcoming season! I get the feeling I may be calling into work if the weather is right in a few weeks Too bad they fruit for such a short time period. __________________ Get On The Good Foot

03-15-07, 21:50	#12 (permalink)
Freaky Magik Mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,518	I know what you mean! All I've been thinking about and talking about is my upcoming hunting plans. I've got some new spots I'm gonna check out this year I'm excited about. I prefer the drive to cheboygan a little before mothers day, always a pleasant hunt up there. __________________ Get On The Good Foot

03-15-07, 22:30	#14 (permalink)
abaca jerk of all trades Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 241	morels in the rockies? Do you have and tip for finding these elusive shrooms in the rocky mountains? From what I've heard the season is usually mid June-end of July. I've aslo heard they seem to thrive a couple years after a forest fire. Any other tips, advise or suggestions? __________________ "All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose permits something not to be poisonous." (Paracelsus)

03-12-07, 09:34	#2 (permalink)
dial8 Un Undead ***er8tor Join Date: Jun 1976 Posts: 3,172	Nice! I know there are a bunch of hunters eager to start looking! I know I am.

03-12-07, 09:39	#3 (permalink)
siam_jim Mycotopia Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,847	yummmmmmy..... siam

03-12-07, 09:54	#4 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	jim...youre covered dude!~ even if i find not a single one this year lol (which will NOT happen, if we dont get rain im dragging a hose into the woods....)

03-12-07, 10:13	#5 (permalink)
siam_jim Mycotopia Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,847	sir grey, as we type. i'm doing the voodoo rain dance for your quest,,,enjoy.,,lol siam

03-12-07, 10:37	#6 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	theres a feller i know that goes about 6' 5" tall and swears he gets on a zebra thong, indian feathers and knee high tube socks with red stripes on them and swears by this method for bringing rain for morel season. when its dry out....youll try almost anything.

03-15-07, 00:35	#7 (permalink)
hypercomm Mycophiliac Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 15	I just learned that they predominately grow near fallen elm and ash tree's.............if thats true, I need to be able to I.D. those marvelous trees!

03-15-07, 17:23	#9 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	LIVE ash trees...mature ones produce morels not dead ones. with black ash and white ash producing the most where i hunt.....DYING elms make the most morels, live elms produce and so do deadfall but once you see that Dryads saddle has taken over the elm...the days of it pushing out morels are done. Morels will pop up around other trees as well..white pine for black and yellow morels.....black cherry , beech, and tulip poplar, cottonwood trees can be great as can maples late in the season. Any of the cane producing plants like raspberries and wild roses are fantastic places to look for morels. I have an unsubstantiated report that black morels are up in Lawrenceville Indiana...way to the southern tip. I went scouting south yesterday and saw encouraging broadleaf plant growth. Indicator plants for morel timing.....dutchmens britches wildflowers, wake robin, trillium orchid and mayapple forsythia bushes and lilacs too.....when the lilacs are blooming though...the last of the yellows are up and soon gone. Anyone have any morel hunting questions .....dont hesitate to pm me.

03-15-07, 21:41	#11 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	gotta meet em south and follow em north freaky....i might go north of petosky or into ontario this year. last year i picked my first april 9th and my last was on june 3rd. Im getting so excited i can barely stand it though....already had my first morel dream and yesterday when i was in the woods...the warmth and the smell made me all twitchy.

03-15-07, 22:15	#13 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	black ash is by far the number one tree in that area for yellows and greys....never been up that way early enough to really get alot of blacks. Its beautiful up there though- and its always such a fun time.

03-15-07, 22:42	#15 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	when youre hunting in mountains elevation is key, they will continuously move up the slope as the spring progresses into summer. if you get good rain, go the day after. pines will probably be your best tree, although aspens if available are good for blacks, white pines make yellows late in the cycle, most other pines are associated with blacks. it is true they fruit freakishly after fires, usually 2 years after a burn the effect is gone and hunting will be poor. i havent hunted many burns but supposedly the area in the needle zone where the trees are charred but alive and have dropped their needles is prime. if you hunt a burn and find this to be true let us know! have fun and hope this helps...morel hunting can be like an addictive form of easter egg hunt.

03-16-07, 05:56	#16 (permalink)
kocos Mycotopiate Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 851	We were out yesterday, walked a long distance, looking for morels in all types of forests. Nothing yet but i feel that they are coming, the weekend is bringing rain, i think next week and the first ones will start popping up. Ill post pics if i succed

03-16-07, 09:40	#17 (permalink)
Godflesh Mycotopiate Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 612	I am in Northern Indiana and nothing yet! Took a walk through a couple of my hot spots and the broad leave plants are just starting to grow! Will not be long! __________________ Eye am Why am Eye

03-16-07, 10:15	#18 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	confirmed report of 33 morels found in carter co in southern Kentucky!!!! cmon rain and sun!!!!!!!!

03-17-07, 00:05	#19 (permalink)
Freaky Magik Mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,518	Ash trees have always been where I've had luck and around wild berry bushes. I think soil plays a key too, loose sandy type soil is good pickin's I think. The fun of it is what makes it a good time. I love hunting for morels Happy Funging everyone __________________ Get On The Good Foot

03-17-07, 04:07	#20 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	everything north of kalamazoo is pretty much perfect morel soil..and most of everything south of kalamazoo isnt half bad either in michigan. blacks will not tolerate clay at all...and greys and yellows pretty much hate it and wont fruit en masse in it. they like limey soils alot too. learn the black ash tree too freaky.....very tight diamond bark pattern....looking up at the branches looks like a halloween tree....branches should be all gnarled, and if yellowsmorels are out it will be sprouting reddish leaf buds. in boyne /petoskey area black ash rulez~

03-21-07, 11:38	#23 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	close....but there are more. In all there were 21 in this patch....i could only fit a certain amount into frame.

03-22-07, 13:13	#24 (permalink)
Bobcat Happy and Thankful Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,728	The pot is stirred!!!!!!! __________________ Just pretend there is a deep or witty comment here and move along.

03-22-07, 18:27	#25 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	got a confirmed report from southern indiana, looks to me like this years season is a minumum 5 days ahead of schedule

03-23-07, 09:27	#26 (permalink)
Bobcat Happy and Thankful Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,728	Looks good for moisture around my area. Maybe too good, really. When do you typically start foraging, Greys? __________________ Just pretend there is a deep or witty comment here and move along.

03-23-07, 11:16	#27 (permalink)
Foster jimisinit Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,237	I'm goin out today for the first look. I'll report back if anything is found. Its a little early still for me aint it greys? I'll look anyway good luck huntin y'all. foster

03-23-07, 11:24	#28 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	BOBCAT they start on the michigan/ indiana state line right around april 25th usually...with the big flush coming the first week of may (DEPENDING on weather.....one must constantly adjust for the weather) Foster- right now ppl are getting the first few in kentucky/tennesee/georgia...theyre not filling sacks yet but ppl are reporting finding handfuls.

03-23-07, 11:31	#29 (permalink)
Bobcat Happy and Thankful Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,728	That seems about right. Typically I start hearing about stuff towards the end of April. But its really not until the end of May that one really starts to hear about so and so finding mushrooms. Yellows. Maybe thats cause the early birds are a little more hush-hush, though. And more people are willing to go out and about later in the season.... __________________ Just pretend there is a deep or witty comment here and move along.

03-23-07, 11:45	#30 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	ive noticed alot of ppl that hunt them with their family as a tradition kind of thing often are very hard headed about timing. they go on their trip to wherever their woods or "patch" may be regardless of the weather pattern, which is usually ok from year to year, there are years that are later or earlier though ,where this tactic doesnt work at all. this will most likely be an early year from what im seeing. all my spies in the southern states are emailing me finding their first one 5-6 days ahead of "schedule". I might blab alot about morels here.....but locally i dont say crap to anyone until ive already emptied my honey holes out.LOL. the yellows you hear about at the end of may are thickfoots...a larger capped form of M. esculenta. The reason why ppl find them so easily is because they are much larger than a standard morel....fruit out in the open more often than not...even in open grassy areas. they are tragically easy to find especially in the morning or afternoon when the sun will light up the cap like its glowing. memorial day weekend in michigan this is what ppl are finding usually.

03-23-07, 11:46	#31 (permalink)
Lazlo old hand Join Date: Mar 1970 Posts: 7,052	They're finding them in West Virginia also. One nice rain and they should be going off after that. Unfortunately, I won't be able to join in the pickings. __________________ How can you have any pudding, if you don't eat your MEAT?

03-23-07, 15:48	#32 (permalink)
Hortguy Mycophiliac Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 32	morel I'm going out for blacks in Bedford area Indiana, it looks like we have a good slim chance in hell of getting some. We got all the south facing decidious slopes scoped out on google earth.

03-23-07, 17:49	#33 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	I bet you get a few blacks and half frees. good luck, please post back on your finds ( or lack thereof)!

03-24-07, 10:33	#35 (permalink)
Lazlo old hand Join Date: Mar 1970 Posts: 7,052	I was searching around yesterday and saw the both of your finds on a hunting forum or something like that. Have you found any more Greys? In another week or 2 they should really be in full force in W.V. My friends mother found a few while cleaning up her yard a couple of days ago. They're hoping for a soaking rain and then my friend's going to go there for a couple of days to look for them. They have all of the mack daddy spots they've been using for years. __________________ How can you have any pudding, if you don't eat your MEAT?

03-24-07, 11:14	#36 (permalink)
~greysRDbest Guest Posts: n/a	im starting to head out in earnest next week.....will still only be getting handfuls im sure. ive seen a couple more reports from W. Virginia this morning as well. not sure if they are substantiated. The only reports im posting here are one from friends and spies i have in other states that are trustworthy or photos with a newspaper etc to confirm date. believe it or not if you get some really decent dried morels whole and rehydrate them...a few will mimic a fresh morel so well a picture will fool most ppl. i see it on forum boards every year as either an april fools joke or hoax to rattle some cages, so i only rely on those ppl that i know will tell the truth.

03-24-07, 13:21	#37 (permalink)
Godflesh Mycotopiate Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 612	Just got in from the woods and nothing to report, Northern Ind.,Mich. state line! Still a couple weeks off yet,IMO. Need alittle warmer weather! It is extremely wet. __________________ Eye am Why am Eye

03-24-07, 15:42	#38 (permalink)
joey_megabucks Mycotopiate Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 745	dam, i don't know anything about morels. they are tasty? lots of hoopla about them here. lol __________________ Creation is God exploring God's Self through every way imaginable.