They're coming...

[Stick in Mud]

If you scroll down a bit on the link, you'll see a morel progression map for 2016.  They're not *that* far away, right?!?  

http://morelmushroomhunting.com/morel_progression_sightings_map.htm

[ukefish]

I'm sure this question has been asked before, but, where I'm at(the little Cobb river valley just north of MN lake), I can't find any morels. I've tried Daly park at Lura lake as well, and nothing. I'm curious if I can go to WMA's to hunt wild edibles? I hunt these for deer, but wasn't sure since it's wildlife management if I'm permitted to use these lands for wild edibles, I couldn't find anything on the DNR page about it.

[Stick in Mud]

Yep, you can forage in a WMA.  SNA's are off limits, though, for some reason. 

Some places don't seem to grow morels as well as others.  The type of soil matters a lot, as does the type of trees. Plus, the southern/southwest part of the state is not as good as the southeast. 

[ukefish]

Sounds good, thank you

[leech~~]

First week of May every year for me.

[Coldtrack]

Mothers Day up here, north of Grand Rapids.

[BartmanMN]

My lilacs have buds, so I'm thinking it may be time to take a look.

[leech~~]

40 minutes ago, BartmanMN said:

My lilacs have buds, so I'm thinking it may be time to take a look.

They need to bloom, not bud. Two weeks yet I'm thinking.

[lookincalifornia]

I'll go on my first official search after these rains. Ramps are looking good. Lilacs are progressing nicely

[BartmanMN]

On 4/18/2016 at 8:57 AM, leech~~ said:

They need to bloom, not bud. Two weeks yet I'm thinking.

Ah, thanks for that.  It felt early to me.

[leech~~]

Well this cool craapy weather is just not helping and may move things back a bit!

[BartmanMN]

5 minutes ago, leech~~ said:

Well this cool craapy weather is just not helping and may move things back a bit!

Yeah.  They'll go good with Walleye anyways. 

[Cliff Wagenbach]

My neighbor found (1) morel yesterday while raking her yard!

I have only found (1) morel in all of the years that I have lived Up-North!

Cliff

[Notime]

The family and I found 1 tiny morel tonight south of Bemidji. We did find a few Verpa's and several Devil's urns. Slim pickin's!

[Stick in Mud]

They're out now in central MN, but they're very small. I'm not checking again for a week because I'm more likely to step on them than find them.  And if someone scoops me and grabs a bag of 2.5'' morels, more power to him/her.

[leech~~]

Steady boys, hold her steady their coming soon!

[JIvers]

Looking at the weather forecasts for the next week or two, I believe we may be shaping up for a nice long morel season in southern Minnesota this year.

Here in east-central Iowa, the rain may have arrived just in time to make something of mushroom season. We had been very dry the last few weeks. I plan on checking some of my early season spots around Iowa City and Cedar Rapids this weekend.

[toughguy]

I agree.  Once they pop its going to be a good year.  This rain has set things up nice. 

[lookincalifornia]

My 10 year old and I found a pound or so in Houston. Gonna be crazy once the sun warms things up!

[Lunker]

My brother in law found about 10 pounds of big yellows on Friday in SW WI, I couldn't believe it. Some were drying out already....guess I'll be out tomorrow

[JIvers]

I found nothing in my old spot here in Johnson County, Iowa, this morning.

This general area was gold from the early 2000s through 2009 or 2010, and then it dropped off a cliff in terms of morel production. I have a few spots there that still produce early, usually the last few days of April. Nothing there today.

Maybe the cold spell pushed them back a bit, or maybe it was dry for most of April here. I didn't see any sign of anyone else having beat me any early grays, but who knows?

I will probably try once more down here later this week, and then I will wait until they big yellows are up in Fillmore County.

[Lunker]

Spent sn hour checking a few slopes. Farther into the woods they were smaller/fresher, towards the edges there were already some drying up/ buggy. Enjoyed some already tonight.

 

[zzammon]

Found 20 perfect size yellows this morning in south central mn.  Also as many pheasant back mushrooms as you could eat.  Time to get a rib-eye and some asparagus.

[JIvers]

I've found a few big yellows the past couple days down here between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Iowa. Things should be wrapping up here soon.

I am still liking the way morel season is shaping up in southeast Minnesota. I think the rain arrived just a little too late for east central Iowa, but just right for ground a hundred miles or more north of here.

[leech~~]

And we're off!