Stick in Mud Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 A few years ago, I got the mushroom-hunting bug. Last year wasn't very good for me, but I'm super excited to get out this year and see if "my" spots are still full of fungus. When can I realistically expect to get out and start finding some mushrooms? I've been out on a few walks in the woods thus far this spring, and I haven't seen anything yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramjam Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 We have a long way to go. Still snow on the ground in a lot of areas. I would say at least three weeks and you might find a few small ones on the north slopes. Unless we get a lot of rain and unusually warm weather, four to five weeks for any numbers. We had 5' of frost this year. It will take a long time for the ground to thaw and warm up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick in Mud Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Ugh. Ok. I'll be willing to wait if the pickin' this year is better than last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deitz Dittrich Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 a lot depends on which fungus you are looking for.. yeah, nothing really right now, but remember there are a few early spring ones, and then some that pop in july, and again fall fungi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTro Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Slowly making their way North. These were found in Missouri yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick in Mud Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 You make them sound like invasive species!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIvers Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Last year I found my first gray morels for the season in Johnson County, Iowa (just south of Cedar Rapids) on March 29. That was almost four weeks ahead of normal, as I usually find my first morels down here around April 25. Morels back in Fillmore County, MN are usually about a week and half to two weeks behind Johnson County, IA morels. In 2013 I was finding nice big yellows around Harmony, MN by April 22. Usually I find them there in the middle of May.Never mind finding Iowa City morels by the end of March this year, which obviously didn't happen: looking at the current ten-day forecasts for the upper Midwest, I doubt if I will find any morels in Johnson County before May 1 this year. Tack on ten to fourteen days for southeast Minnesota, unless we get an un-predicted warmup in the next couple weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech~~ Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I think we are going to have a big set back in the dates here in MN this year. I have found them on the week of May 8th the last two years but I'm not hoping for that date this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackPineGuy Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Its all ably poofballs and honey dews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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