Basic Morel??

[zachattach]

Could you please give me basic info on morel mushrooms? Thanks to all.

[ADC]

zach - if you'll update your profile so we know where you are from it will be a big help to get you the info you are looking for. For example if you are from Ia. I can tell you where to find them around here which is totally different from areas like say Alaska where and when they find them there.

~ADC~

[zachattach]

I live in Tennessee. I do not know how to update profile but I will work on it. Thanks

[Deadfox]

zachattach said:

I live in Tennessee. I do not know how to update profile but I will work on it. Thanks

Click on your user name and then click modify profile ;D

[ADC]

Thanks deadfox and Thanks Zach. That should make it earier to get the info you need. Hopefully there is a shroom hunter here from Tn. that will lend you a hand.

Here's a guestion for you? You got elm trees in your neck of the woods?

[zachattach]

there are some elm trees that I have seen. I do not know how many because I have never looked. Thanks

[ADC]

Well Zach around here if you find elm trees that are dead and the bark is just starting to crack open, not all fallen off but only dead for a couple or three years, that's where you'll find the morels. Here they will be comming up in the next 3 weeks or so but down your way I'd be checking to see what could find any day now.

~ADC~

[bowhunter1970]

I find quite a few of them in old orchards also.

[zachattach]

What do you do with them besides eat them? I HATE mushrooms. Thanks

[treerodent]

People around here pay good money for them. Never sold any, I eat all that I can get.

[ADC]

I get $15-20/lb. for all of them I can find Zach. I like to eat them but for that kind of money I don't. lol

~ADC~

[zachattach]

How tall are they usually? How many does it take to make a pound? I would asume alot considering the price. Thanks

[zachattach]

A friend of mine tells me to look under what we call Elephant Ears. It is a Big Unbrella type plant. Is that a good spot??? Thanks

[ADC]

Likely he is talking about "MayApples" that's what we call them here. I find they not that graet in most situations unless they happend to be under a dead elm tree as well. lol

As far as size... it varies... lol





~ADC~

[Seldom]

Love those big "Golden's" even when they're in the little "bonehead" stage as shown in your hand ADC. The wife and I do pretty well around Black Ash. What you see in the photo is me on one side of a patch and the wife on the other. Nice patch of "Golden's" found in northern MI.

[cj]

Seldom, great pics That is a nice find there.

[homer]

I like the tall grey ones myself, 2-3 inches. Around here we start finding them the end of April. I will eat them a couple of times and then I will start to can the rest so I can enjoy them year round. Still have a few jars left to tide me over until the end of the month. Dan.

[doc]

ZACH i would guess that sence you don,t know what a morel mushroom is & you hate mushrooms that you are talking about the ones out of a can & i,ll go along with you there. but if you,ve never eaten a morel please try there is no better eating than fried morels & turkey breast or crippie or deer. (sorry about the spelling) doc