They're Here

[Neighbor_guy]

The goose and I are going to do some snooping today as soon as I can break away from this fire panel issue.

Let me amend that statement. As soon as she is dresses, we gone shroom'n I so like it when the weekend Oncall techs know their way around a building.

[benbosh]

My dad found 32 this morning.. They should really start popping up in the next few days!

[Neighbor_guy]

Handful of fiddle heads and not a single shroom in the Zimmerman Princeton area today

[JIvers]

They--morels--are not here in Fillmore County. At least, they aren't out on my ground yet.

I looked for about an hour in some of my prime spots today, and did not find so much as a single gray. Everything--the thickness of the undergrowth, the size of the May apples, the trees not being fully leafed out--tells me my patch in Fillmore County is at least a week away, maybe closer to two.

This is mostly flat ground, thickly timbered, with rather heavy clay-laced soil. I don't doubt people are finding morels around here on south-facing slopes and/or in sandy areas, but definitely not where I was today.

I am going to try another patch of my timber in Fillmore County tomorrow that has lighter soil, but I am not expecting much there, either. The big decision for me is whether to come up next weekend and try again, or wait another week after that.

[flipper]

I had a similar experience. I looked early last evening and found nothing. A little moisture and some heat and they should get going.

[TigerBlood]

I checked my spot this a.m. This spot produced big last year. This will be the start of it for me. I found a bunch of tiny ones just barely popping up. They were literally thimble sized. Rain today. Heat tomorrow. Morels for dinner on Wed! Morel hunters - enjoy the next three weeks - it should be good!

[Scott M]

Found a handful yesterday. This spot seems early yet. Shot or rain and heat will help.

[JIvers]

A quick look through my sandier-soiled timber produced nothing for morels this morning, either. No surprise.

I checked my asparagus patches while I was out there and found just a few shoots out, with the biggest maybe 12" high. This supports my hunch that the peak of the morel season in Fillmore County is almost two weeks away. When the big yellow morels are out nearby this asparagus will be 2' high or more, and starting to go to seed.

As an aside, living in southeast Iowa for some years now I am still struck by the difference just over a hundred miles in latitude can make. Johnson County, Iowa is usually a little over a week ahead of Fillmore County in terms of growing seasons, but this was just the right time to see what that week and half of difference looks like.

[BuckSutherland]

From tonight.

[Tom Sawyer]

Very nice looking batch. Tomorrow will be my first day out this season for my sunnier locations. No need to trampel and destroy anything; this has been a slow start. Perfect for a good season. Timely moisture around the area today, before a big warm up is going to get things to pop. Some spots of mine don't have a chance in popping anything until the end of this week.

[Lunker]

Had an hour to run out and check a property today before work. Found a few. I'm sure I passed some by as I was moving quickly to check multiple areas. But definitely not in full swing yet.

[Lunker]

Found 2 today while I was trout fishing, in a pasture along a stream that gets full sun.

[vman11]

McLeod County this evening. I didn't find them but my dad did:

[leech~~]

McLeod County this evening. I didn't find them but my dad did:

Nice! I found a few more grays today. Wish I could find me some spar-gas!

[benbosh]

Found 128 Saturday afternoon then 148 Monday afternoon

[Tom Sawyer]

Did some "pickin' and a grinin'" in the St. Joseph, MN area today. Not bad for a couple hour stroll; and the first time out looking this year.

Picked a few ticks too. Deer Tick nymphs are hatching! Look close.....

[DARK30]

Love the pics!..but not the tics.

A guy from work found these. I haven't been looking too hard yet...found about a dozen that were already getting dry tho!

[Fozell]

Hey Sawyer, nice looking shroom! Just curious as to what type of area you found them. Sunny areas, in the woods, certain slopes? Thanks for any input.

[leech~~]

Just came in and found about 25 nice yellows and a few grays left so they are starting to Pop!

[Stick in Mud]

I found my first of the year today....they were TINY. Only about 1'' or so. Not drying out yet, either. I didn't look very hard after I found the first few because I didn't want to step on any that were still under the leaf litter.

[JIvers]

Last weekend was too early for my ground in Fillmore County.

I can't make it up there this weekend, so I am hoping that the last day of May and the first day of June I find big yellows around the Preston area, but not big rotting or dried out yellows. I believe it will be close.

[TigerBlood]

Stick - all the ones I'm finding are tiny as well. I found my first ones 5 days ago - just barely peeking out of the ground. They've gotten a little bigger - but not growing as fast/big as I thought they would. Right now, I'm finding them about the size of a man's thumb. I'm just leaving them for now. For perspective - last year, the same spot produced morels about the size of a pop cans. I'm not sure if these are just the early ones and bigger guys will sprout soon or if this is all I'll have this year. I keep seeing all these nice reports and am feeling left out!

[Stick in Mud]

The ones I found today were smaller than a thumb, that's for sure. I'll be happy to wait for a while....not worth picking one that's an inch high, and if someone gets them in the meantime, oh well.

I did spend a few more hours this afternoon looking...didn't find any. Can't say I looked that hard, though, as I didn't want to step on any that were just peeking up.

[vman11]

Anybody in northern MN (Bemidji and north) finding morels in their repeat spots?

I have a few unproven but promising areas I checked today without any luck. Wondering if anybody has found their proven spots to be productive yet. We have the moisture, and the heat looks like it's sticking around, so it has to be close.

[Lunker]

Found some today. Surprised to find a number of dried up old ones already. Bad year overall so far. The spots that were producing bunches last year I'm lucky to find one in. Still delicious though.