Anyone Mushroom Hunt?

scopus tang

scopus tang

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Generally the morel is associated with evergreen forests, and it most frequently occurs in areas that have been recently disturbed (i.e. forest fires, logging, etc.). Delicious and safe to eat in a variety of ways ~ also highly sought after by those in the know. They can actually be sold to venders for decent money.
Don't believe I've ever collected a thousand though, that must have been pretty cool.
 
howardj

howardj

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Originally Posted by KOgle
http:///forum/post/2569203
I'm a hunter and I'm bummed I haven't found any yet this year. Found over a thousand last year...

Wow! That's some serious cash if you sell some. lol
Last year, they were going for $25 a lb. here.. kind of ridiculous.. not kind of.. it's really pretty ridiculous.
 
scopus tang

scopus tang

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Originally Posted by ClownFiSH11
http:///forum/post/2569621
Like Is There Certain States Where You Find Them Or Are They All Over??
LOL reread the thread ~ you missed my post, so far as I know, they grow under those conditions throughout the northern hemisphere. Of course, be careful if you go looking, you maybe treaspassing on someone's collections sites ~ could get you in trouble. Some are pretty protective of their sites.
 
fats71

fats71

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Originally Posted by HowardJ
http:///forum/post/2570170
Scopus is right.. Usually found in IN, OH, IL, MI, and KY
chill..
We get tons of them in Missouri. I was out yesterday 4x4ing and down by t he river walking etc and found a few bread bags full. My cousin ( I call him jar head) his name is Jarvis but that kid well he is 26 now is like the hunting guru... He goes up to a place on the border of mo and Iowa somewhere and every year comes back with a truck bed full it is insane. He will not give anyone any of them but his dad little jerk...
Here are a few more some ya don't wanna eat though :)
wood ear, lions mane, other hericiums, aborted entolomas, honey mushrooms, clitocybes, blewits, man on horseback, 3- matsutakes, imperial cats, gypsy mushroom, many edible russulas, several edible puffballs, many edible amanita species, hen of the woods, chicken of the woods, black staining polypore, dryads saddle, beefsteak polypore, several other polypores, 2- cauliflower mushrooms, shaggy manes, mica caps, many bolete type mushrooms- suillus, gyroporus, tylopilus, boletus, leccinum, hygrocybe, waxy caps, lobster mushrooms, purple laccaria, jelly tooth, several hedgehogs, truffles, gilled bolete, many chanterelles, including white and blue chanterelle, and black trumpets, colybia, several lactarius species, several lepiotas, agrocybe, pluteus, hypsizygus, oyster mushrooms, many agaricus, several morel species including fire burn morels, gyromitras, verpas, volvallaria, coral mushrooms, wine capped stropheria, platterful mushroom, helvellas, brick caps, xerulas, velvet foots, ustilago, and many more. Poisonous ones include several amanitas, russula emetic, green gilled lepiota, galerina,
 
fats71

fats71

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Carry your mushrooms in mesh bags! The mesh bag allows spors to fall as you continue on your quest, thereby planting more shrooms for next year.
I use bread bags withh holes in it just soemthing I thoguht some people may already know but newer people in the hunt do not know.
 
fats71

fats71

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This is breaking the rules by telling anyone how to find them but here goes..
Morels grow primarily in sandy soil, never clay, unless there is a lot of organic matter near the surface. Therefore, they are usually found near rivers. They are also found scattered widely in mountain humus. They never grow in bog, because water seals out oxygen.
The habitat is usually tall trees in undisturbed environments, though morels are sometimes found in brush. In clean sand, they tend to wander some distance from trees. They sometimes come up in tall grass.
Timing is critical in finding morels. They come up about six weeks after the ground thaws. It might be eight weeks, if dry weather slows down their growth.
This means early April in Missouri, late April in Iowa and middle of May in northern Michigan. Experienced morel stalkers check an environment several times starting early and after every rain.
Morels usually come up after a rain. The day after a rain is the best time to look for them. They will still be in good shape for 3-5 days, if someone else doesn't get to them. In about a week, they start to break down, and bacteria grow on them, which will make a person sick. So don't eat morels which are old and starting to break down.
Sometimes, morels will come up in flushes each time a rain occurs. Sometimes, they will come up without a rain, but they will then be delayed a couple of weeks.
Morels are not found in the same place for more than one to three years, because they use up the type of nutrients that they require, which is a particular type of bacteria.
The best way to spread morel spores is to put the old ones on tree branches. Only the old ones have mature spores. The young ones will dry before spores are formed.
Be careful of false morels, sometimes called brain mushrooms. They produce a toxin. It is usually not lethal in this country but should be avoided. False morels are rounder and lower to the ground, and the ridges are more rounded, like brains.
Be careful about storing morels a long time before eating, unless they are dried or precooked and frozen. Otherwise, bacteria grow on them, which can make a person sick, but not seriously ill. The bacteria are probably Psuedomonads. Store in paper bags, which absorb moisture, but avoid plastic, which causes moisture to accumulate.
Even when cooking kills bacteria, it leaves a moderately problematic endotoxin with gram negative bacteria, which grow on morels. Endotoxin is a lipid complex in the cell walls of all gram negative bacteria. It's the most common problem with food spoilage.
 
howardj

howardj

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Fats - I take it you mushroom hunt

they're up!! I'll have to go get pictures soon, it is Awesome here.
 
luvmybizz

luvmybizz

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some guy off of craigslist said he was selling fresh morels right now for $30/lbs, now first off they havent hit iowa yet, give it about another 3 weeks and little greys will start appearing. AHHHHHH, carry your shrooms in a mesh bag!
 
fats71

fats71

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I am going out this weekend with the family and some friends who have never been and duno what they are lol. Will be a nice time I think.
post some pics lemme seem the beauties.
 
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jrthomas40

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ah man...i want some!!! my family from the north pick some every year and i only get them every once and awhile....
 
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jrthomas40

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Originally Posted by Fats71
http:///forum/post/2576050
I am going out this weekend with the family and some friends who have never been and duno what they are lol. Will be a nice time I think.
post some pics lemme seem the beauties.
my aunt stores hers in water with salt...we just ate some from last year this past weekend
 
howardj

howardj

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hahha, thanks nanoreefer..
I'm getting ready to go back out.. forgot the digital, so I'm taking it w/ me today.
 
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