Early season morel sightings

[Johnsonator]

What part of the state are you finding them, anybody been finding them north of the metro yet?

[chevota78]

just starting to pop in northwestern mn. Found enough to have for supper saturday night. Maybe about an inch and half tall. Pretty sparse though till we get some rain i think.

[croixeyes]

AAHHH geez Leech thanks thats mighty nice of you to offer.I just finished up though,darn.Johnsonator I was south of the metro area today,they should be going up north a little by now.I found some nice greys and 1 yellow yesterday in the bayport area .Should be a great season as long as we dont get any super hot weather for a bit,there calling for more rain this weekend..Happy Hunting......

[Johnsonator]

I have looked a few times in the past few years and have yet to find any but I always thought I may have been to early/late. I will have to give it a try again this year.

[Acemac]

I like mushrooms but i am having a hard time figuring out what the appeal of this is?

do these get you high? or taste out of this world?

Help me understand what the big deal is......

[gopher_nation]

The appeal for me is the hunt itself. The reward is finding and eating the mushroom. They are a very tasty mushroom as well, which makes it very popular. They can only be found for a short time in the spring.

These mushrooms belong to the Morchella genus and do not have any psychedelic effects and are legal to possess. Psilocybin mushrooms would be the "magic mushrooms" that get you high and are illegal to possess. Two completely different fungi.

[Guppy]

Was out yesterday in the Rochester area and picked somewhere between 300-400. Went out today to a different spot and found one.

[daylate]

For me it gives me a reason to go walk the dog and get outside. Leech, I guess I stated that wrong. Old timer used this trick to grow morels larger, not transplant them. He claims that if you try this that most morels will double or triple in size and sometimes they will completely fill the glass jar.

[nsnutter]

I'm probably going to head out and see if I can find some on my property. It'll be the first time since I was just a boy I have walked my property for morels, so I'm not expecting great success, but I'm hoping to find a few at least! Best of luck to the rest of you shroomers!!

[leech~~]

AAHHH geez Leech thanks thats mighty nice of you to offer.I just finished up though,darn.Johnsonator I was south of the metro area today,they should be going up north a little by now.I found some nice greys and 1 yellow yesterday in the bayport area .Should be a great season as long as we dont get any super hot weather for a bit,there calling for more rain this weekend..Happy Hunting......

Ok croixeyes I thought that I would save you some time and offer! I have a special hot butter cleaning process I use too! My cleaning service is open to all FM users!

As far as a reason to go schroom hunting? They taste great and it's like an adult Easter egg hunt!

[hunt4food]

I have hunted these for a few years now and have never hit the motherlode, but have found enough for a few nice meals on top of a venison tenderloin. I found some last night though that have me wondering. they are not typical of the ones Ihave found before. they have a tall stem but just a small sponged head. I have a picture of one, but don't know how to post it. Anyone iterested in loking at it?

[hunt4food]

Disregard. I found pics of them on the net. They are called Half Free Morels! I found a spot holding about 50 of them last night. I didn't harvest any because I wasn't sure. Now I just have to double check inside to make sure they are indeed hollow.

[leech~~]

Disregard. I found pics of them on the net. They are called Half Free Morels! I found a spot holding about 50 of them last night. I didn't harvest any because I wasn't sure. Now I just have to double check inside to make sure they are indeed hollow.

Yep the saying is "if it's hollow you can swallow"

[nate larson]

The Half Free Morels break apart very easily so don't put very many in one bag. Also, as with all wild mushrooms, it is probably best not to eat too many at one time b/c some people get some gi symptoms from eating them.

[DTro]

i am having a hard time figuring out what the appeal of this is?

or taste out of this world?

Yep

[hunt4food]

Well....they do taste good, but to me it is more like treasure hunting. Some people are Agate hunters and some prefer to wander sandy beaches with a metal detector. others like me prefer to hunt mushrooms. I can't explain it, but I had the same view you do now about 5 years ago. Now I am hooked! Also...my cream of pheasant wild rice morel mushroom soup has become a great delicacy throughout my family members. I would let them down if I didn't come through every spring with a batch of it!

[bgreen82]

I like mushrooms but i am having a hard time figuring out what the appeal of this is?

do these get you high? or taste out of this world?

Help me understand what the big deal is......

the wife, daughter and I hunt together and give a few to my parents, but the majority of them go on the popular auction site. you can to and above$20 per lb. its fun for us to get out as a family to hunt them and we have made a couple hundred bucks over the last couple years doing something we enjoy.

[leech~~]

the wife, daughter and I hunt together and give a few to my parents, but the majority of them go on the popular auction site. you can to and above$20 per lb. its fun for us to get out as a family to hunt them and we have made a couple hundred bucks over the last couple years doing something we enjoy.

bgreen82, holy smokes I find enough to be happy and make a few meals but not pounds to sell to others. So, um where is that you find them?

[pbowhunter]

i found a spot with about a dozen small white morels maybe inch and half at most from ground to top. how long should i wait til i pick them?

[leech~~]

i found a spot with about a dozen small white morels maybe inch and half at most from ground to top. how long should i wait til i pick them?

Geez make sure they are Morels before you pick them if their white. Never seen a white one?

[pbowhunter]

sorry dont know why i typed whites meant greys

[harvey lee]

I hit 5 of the spots I normally pick morels and looked for 7 hours today without one morel.

I could not believe it.

In regards to the white morels, they could be greys or yellows that are old and started to get the white mold on them. I would not eat any morels with white mold.

[Stringerless!]

I have never seen one before but have heard of ppl looking for them. I took the dog out in the woods the other day and spent about an hour and a half looking. Nothing ! No mushroom of any kind. It was a mature woods with lots of deadfalls laying everywhere. I live in the Wyoming area and it is DRY ! Too dry ? Am I in the wrong kind of woods ? Just looking to find 1 and try it to see what all the fuss is about. I remember smelling a jar of dried ones and they smelled good. Any tips ? Thanks in advance !

[DTro]

Eagle Eye Grump brought out his "A" game tonight!

Time for a butter bath!

[leech~~]

dtro, you guys found some nice size range right there! Good eaten!