Morels this year

[Ipostbulls**t]

I've already been thinking about warmer weather, and I'm ready to get out and hunt some morels. Hoping with all this percip we have got this winter that its going to be a great season if the temps are right!

[Deleted]

You and me both Steve. Can't wait to find the first grey or black of the year.

[blueduck]

I'm looking forward to mushrooming myself. I got quite a few morels last year but we also have coral mushrooms that I like just as well or better. I thought we ran out quite a while back, but just found two misplaced jars of dehydrated corals that we overlooked. So we are good to go for a while yet.

[Jack]

They're starting to pop up in some of the southern states already. I'm hoping a lot of the moisture we have now will soak in good. And we'll have the warmth AND the moisture when we need them most. And hoping we don't get another killing frost after they've started coming up around here again. 2 outta the past 3 or 4 seasons the frost has killed our season for the most part.

[jfish1986]

No signs of them in southern Indiana yet. still to cold here. talks of snow on Tuesday.

[patricimo54]

What do the temp. range need to be for their production? Headed up to the Ozarks in a couple of weeks and I have hopes of finding some.

[hillbilly]

varies a great deal, and who you ask. Generally, highs in the mid 50's and up, with night time lows mid 40's up can produce early one,(blacks, half-free's, hickroy chickens), although warmer typically trigger the more prevalent finds, including the greys and yellows.

The year of the floods( 3-4 years ago?) was the best year have ever seen, they were almost like a plague around here(a dang good plague!).
This year, with the heavy snowfall, and melt-off, the higher than normal winter precip(rain not snow), and now heavy rains just weeks to days before they should be popping up, i expect this to be a way above average year. i cant say that it will top the year of the flood, but i bet its not far from it.

Also, yall should be checking your woods close, the super cold this year killed alot of trees, good time to find some fresh killed elm and ash trees. Although they normally get better for mushrooms with time, any dead elm or ash is worth the hike, if you got american elm, thats lights out.

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Apr 4, 2014 13:22:01 GMT -5 hillbilly said:

varies a great deal, and who you ask. Generally, highs in the mid 50's and up, with night time lows mid 40's up can produce early one,(blacks, half-free's, hickroy chickens), although warmer typically trigger the more prevalent finds, including the greys and yellows.

The year of the floods( 3-4 years ago?) was the best year have ever seen, they were almost like a plague around here(a dang good plague!).
This year, with the heavy snowfall, and melt-off, the higher than normal winter precip(rain not snow), and now heavy rains just weeks to days before they should be popping up, i expect this to be a way above average year. i cant say that it will top the year of the flood, but i bet its not far from it.

Also, yall should be checking your woods close, the super cold this year killed alot of trees, good time to find some fresh killed elm and ash trees. Although they normally get better for mushrooms with time, any dead elm or ash is worth the hike, if you got american elm, thats lights out.

Good post I think this is going to be a great year for the morels

[Deleted]

Is anyone finding any yet? It's gotta to be gett'n close here soon. Maybe 2 weeks?

[nytrapper23]

Wish I knew what and where to look?

[Deleted]

Apr 9, 2014 17:30:43 GMT -5 nytrapper23 said:

Wish I knew what and where to look?

Look for wrinkled thumbs under dead elms

You need to make a trip down here soon, and will show you the ropes

[hillbilly]

[quote author="@charder" source="/pLook for wrinkled thumbs under dead elms [/quote]

and when you find said wrinkled thumbs, i'll send you an address where you can properly dispose of them

[pipewrench]

Wife and I are planning on a trip to Hocking County Ohio in the morning to look around and see if we can find anything popping up. The last couple of nights have been warm and no rain in a couple days. I will definitely let you guys know if we find any

[hillbilly]

found 1 small black today, seems like they should be thick by now, but i guess im just in a hurry...lol