Morel Mushrooms

[Zach Matthews]

Anyone in this area doing any morel mushroom hunting?

[Rob Snowhite]

Not a fan so much of the morrell but love me some of their cup fungi cousins the truffle. For the foodies out there, get some truffle salt and toss that on some Whole Foods brand tater tots. :heaven

My father in law forages for fungi outside Breck and pickles them.
As I have warned him, be careful when collecting wild fungi (not so much as they could be the wrong one) but because people guard their foraging grounds.

[gavin poppen]

I’d love some fresh morels…but our season is still about a month away. You will probably have some up sooner…

What trees do you hunt down there? Ours tend to fire off maple, ash, elm, cottonwood, & tulip poplar.

[Corey Kruitbosch]

Had the chance to pick some on a float last spring … Wow! Tasty!

fresh by cor23, on Flickr

morels by cor23, on Flickr

[duncan elkins]

NYTimes today says there’s a nascent black truffle industry around Asheville, NC.

[Gary Sundin]

I’ve been out twice just to hit a few likely spots and verify the non-presence.  I made a quick stop just this afternoon and found two small false morels.  I think we’re still a week or two early, but the next warm stretch after this rain might put things in order.  

Gavin, I’m a novice to morels in this area.  I’ve hunted chanterelles with considerable success the last couple summers, and bag up oysters when I happen upon them, but this will be my first season spending serious time on morels.  However, the guy I pick with, much experienced, has his best luck in major river bottoms under ash, sycamore, and tulip poplar.  Best finds are often under the dense, invasive privet thickets which are the primary understory in most of our local bottoms.

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[craig phillips]

Great minds think alike Zach!

[John Williams]

Crappies are on the edges here in my neighborhood pond however morrels tend to run more with the grannom caddis. So at least a month to 45 days away here assuming “typical” weather patterns.

[gavin poppen]

Sounds like youll have em in a week or two

[Andrew Barclay]

There is a gov. project in NC to see if Truffles can be productively grown on in that area, and there is a guy from Asheville who sells inoculate trees.

[Gary Sundin]

My spots have started being really productive in the last 4 days.  There should be lots of morels on the ground on opening of bird day.  My best finds have been in hardwood river bottoms with darkish, sandy soils, under privet thickets with relatively low leaf litter.

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[gavin poppen]

Nice looking grey…were are you located? Reds (false morels) are up around here, but nothing else yet.

[Gary Sundin]

I’m located in the central GA piedmont–70 odd miles straight east of Atlanta.

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