Most Recent Archives (This Year)
You have found http://morelmushroomhunting.com/lysurus_mokusin.htm, a Stinkhorn! -Chris M
October 20th, 2006: Stacie D., I do not know, it has a big almost violet, blue cap and short stem - general location = Right in the middle of Montreal, growing under some rose bushes, the soil has manure and wood chips stuff. The soil is very rich. The biggest one was about 3 inches in diameter, not a connical at all, more semi circular dome shaped. Growing Conditions = The weather is chilly, it has been raining a lot. The mushrooms seem to grow in big clusters, almost squishing upon each other. Additional Comments = I would like to know what kind of mushroom it is.
My guess would be Blewits, like the ones two entries
above., But there are some violet cortinarius also, I would need to see a
photo.- Chris M
October 21st, 2006: we found some
shaggy manes and a hypsizygus tessulatus in
our neighborhood in Columbus. Neither is among my favorite edibles. Do you have
any good recipes for shaggies? They always turn to mush when we cook them. --
hugh
October 22nd, 2006: cheryl
pursley, sheepshead - general location
= valparaiso,in. Growing Conditions = under an oak
tree on old firewood chips
October 22nd, 2006: dorothy
brock , not sure - general location = in the
amish country aod Montgomery Ind. daviess co.
it has pedal's like a pine cone has. Growing Conditions = not sure son thought
it came from around apple tree roots, Additional Comments = Its grey in color
and it is round with pedal's like is on pine cones and it weighs like 4 or 5
pound and it was purschased at an auction.
October 23rd, 2006: kw rydlund, bolete - general location = silverton Oregon. .Growing Conditions = clearing along the driveway, Additional Comments = I have a lot of different mushrooms popping up around the house. I believe the first are more honey mushrooms, the next I am unsure of (is growing off a partially exposed tree root in a crack in the ground)
Yes, this is a Bolete, unable to tell what kind witht his photo. ALso, yes, you do have Honey Mushrooms in the clump. -Chris M
October 23rd, 2006: hugh , shaggy parasols - general location = Columbus OH. Growing Conditions = on lawns, Additional Comments = I found another patch of shaggy parasols (lepiota rachodes) on a neighbor's lawn. It's been an unusually good year for them here in Ohio, at least on lawns and ivy in our neighborhood
October 23rd, 2006: is it uncommon to have morels pop up this late in oct. we have 5 in our front yard this morning , had some rain sat. but cold, around 50 or 45 we are in kc. mo. It is extremely rare. Are they growing in your landscaping ? Try and get some photos with today's newspaper next to them. -Chris M
HI RICHARD AGAIN , THE MORELS ARE IN GRASS BESIDE A LITTLE BITY TREE IN THE FRONT YARD OF MY BROTHER INLAWS, IN FACT HE COME OVER TO SEE HOW I GOT THEM PLANTED, HE THOUGHT I WAS PLAYING A PRANK ON HIM, THE BOTH OF US ARE AVID HUNTERS EVERY SPRING, USUALLY FINDING AROUND 2-3 HUNDRED, THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF IS HE WAS CLEANING HIS AND THE SPORES WERE THERE, BUT THIS TIME OF YEAR THROWS ME, LIKE I SAID SAT, IT RAINED ALMOST ALL DAY, AND IT WAS A COLD MISSERABLE RAIN. SUNDAY WAS CLOUDY AND IN THE LOW 50S WIYH FROST SAT. NIGHT?????????? ANY HOW ,I WILL TAKE PICS. MONDAY AFTER WORK AND SEND TO YOU, I WILL TAKE CLOSE UPS. THANKS RICHARD THEY ARE STILL IN GROUND, I TOLD HEM NOT TO PICK
Richy, thanks for all of your efforts. Please click this link and fill out the online form for a free membership, and under payment, click "other", and I will get you a free membership. Join This Club However, it appears that you do have stinkhorns there, they are surely a fooler, I know, but the way the bend over, become slimy, and the hole in the center:
This Is how they release their spores. Check out this link:
Take a smell and see if they have a bad odor, and slice one in half, see if the stem is not hollow. Also, these stinkhorns will rapidly deteriorate in a couple days, unlike Morels lasting a couple weeks or longer. Sorry to bust your thrill. I was hoping for the best. I had one other report a week ago from Michigan, they did turn out to be true morels, so I was hoping this would be the second find, maybe a trend. Send me that online form, and I will get you a membership password. Thanks again for your efforts.- Chris M
October 24th, 2006:
"sales 017.jpg" appears to be a Conocybe, either C. tenera or a species closely related to it, but I cannot be certain on the basis of the photo. As with all Little Brown Mushrooms (LBMs), edibility NOT recommended."sales 019.jpg" and "sales 020.jpg" appear to be old specimens of Hypsizygus tessulatus but, again, I cannot be certain on the basis of the photo. H. tessulatus is edible but tough/chewy (when young and fresh).
David
W. Fischer - Binghamton, NY
AmericanMushrooms.com
Coauthor
of Edible
Wild Mushrooms of North America and
Mushrooms
of Northeastern North America
October 24th, 2006: chrissy, lactarius, giant puffballs - general location = georgia. Growing Conditions = woods. Additional Comments = lots of spores!!!
October 24th, 2006: Hi Chris, I am relatively new to mushrooming, although I have a couple friends that live in New England that have been mushroom maniacs for a long time. They finally got me to go look for Grifola this fall, and having had some luck, I am not afflicted as well. Can't wait till spring now, as we are nearing the end of the year here. I have purchased Bill Russells book, " Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania " and am trying to get to meet him, I work in State College, and he lives there. Maybe I can get in on some of his forays this spring. Here are a couple pictures of Grifola frondosa. Had to join your club, and I guess I should join the two clubs here in PA as well.
October 25th, 2006: hugh , shaggy manes - general location = columbus, OH. Growing Conditions = lawns and mulch, Additional Comments = We saw a patch of fresh shaggy manes today on OSU campus. We didn't pick them because we haven't found a way to cook them yet that we like (any suggestions are welcome!). Plus we still have a fridge full of hen and parasols
October 26th, 2006: bob,
black morel - general location = mokena ,illinois
willcounty about 25 miles south of chicago. Growing Conditions = no tree,
Additional Comments = I think they are blck morels. I just found them today in
my yard.oct. 25 they wer off white stem with a black head.could you give me some
kind of feed back.if i an correct or not. thanks. I
would need to see some photos. They are probably stinkhorns, not morels. -Chris
M
October 26th, 2006: I found one today that I don't
think you have on your species list --lycoperdon
americanum, spiny puffball, growing in mulch in a parking lot. A lot of
the spines got rubbed off or flattened because I had to carry them in my pocket.
I'll try to get a better picture.
October 27th, 2006: hugh, blewits - general location = Columbus, OH. Growing Conditions = in mulch around pine, Additional Comments = I found just a couple of blewits today in a neighbor's mulch. I used to fine hundreds of them 2-3 years ago, but this year and last year only a few here and there
October 28th, 2006: casper, went out yesterday and collected 2 big baskets of matsutaki. super yummy. Chattanooga area.... im very interested in the morel hunt dvd. illinois. that would be fun to attend. i watched your preview.
October 29th, 2006: rcookn77, I found around 20 Morels in a business district in N.K.C. on 10/17. Took several pics, will email tomorrow.
October 30th, 2006: Happyjack: Location: North Oakland co. Mi.., My son found his first morel today. Yep Oct. 30 th. He called this morning asking about morels, said he found one on the landscape job today. He brought it over tonight and sure enough a 4 in. yellow he found in a flower bed near a house.
October 31st, 2006: I thought this might be a morel, but the weird "hole-in-one" tip threw me off. The head shriveld up and turned slimy the day after this shot was taken. It grew horizontal to the ground instead of upright. Liz Another stinkhorn here Liz- Chris M
October 31st, 2006: Joe Bush, Salem, Indiana found 3 Morels in his yard. He was in the local paper there with a photo.
November 1st, 2006: hugh , late fall oysters - general location = columbus, OH. Growing Conditions = On dead and living hardwoods along the Olentangy river. Additional Comments = We found two nice batches of late fall oysters in one of our usual spots along the river in Columbus. One batch was on a fallen tree, the other on a living tree. I much prefer the big thick fall oysters to the thinner summer variety. We had them with hen of the woods in a potato-mushroom gratin for dinner. Most excellent. I can send a recipe if you want
November 3rd, 2006: Chrisy,
Maybe you could help me....this, I thought is a
Parasol....my book says to be eaten by experienced mushroom pickers.
Can you tell me...is this indeed a parasol? It grows right in my yard,
which isn't really a yard...it is a 3-year-ago cleared conifer woods setting.
Stumps still present..moss...and lots of sand/gravel with a light layer of
organic matter. Appreciate your help. :)
It appears that you do have the edible Lepiota, however, I would do a spore print to make sure. Spore print= green, then throw away! I think these are good though!- Chris M
November 3rd, 2006:
http://morelmushroomhunting.com/lycoperdon_perlatum.htm
http://morelmushroomhunting.com/strobilomyces__floccopus.htm
Possibly: http://morelmushroomhunting.com/amanita_spreta.htm
http://morelmushroomhunting.com/clitocybe_irina.htm, or another Clitocybe sp.
These are all the same, possibly http://morelmushroomhunting.com/boletus_versicolor.htm or another Bolete sp.
http://morelmushroomhunting.com/amanita_citrina.htm
http://morelmushroomhunting.com/russula_emetica.htm
Based on the size, http://morelmushroomhunting.com/amanita_flavoconia.htm instead of http://morelmushroomhunting.com/amanita_caesarea_group.htm as shown below:
Hope this helps ya alot!- Chris M
November 6th, 2006: Cortney Sweet, Lycoperdon pyriforme - general location = Caldwell County, Kentucky. Growing Conditions = Found more than could be gathered on stumps and dead trees. Only gathered enough for a feast! Additional Comments = Happy hunting.
November 10th, 2006: Chris M, found Oysters, Lions Mane, and some Amanitas in Central Georgia.
November 10th, 2006:
These appear to be a Hygrophorus sp., I will forward to Dvae F. to see what he thinks.- Chris M
It does appear to be a species of Hygrophorus, Chris. Photos don't show enough close-up detail to be certain.
David
W. Fischer - Binghamton, NY
AmericanMushrooms.com
Coauthor
of Edible
Wild Mushrooms of North America and
Mushrooms
of Northeastern North America
Bart also submitted:
November 12th, 2006: hugh
urban, lentinellus ursinus, galerina autumnalis
- general location = central OH. Growing Conditions
= on fallen logs,
Additional Comments = Not much around central OH these days, just some
lentinellus ursinus and deadly galerina. I'm hoping for some more oysters, which
usually continue through December, but haven't seen any recently. But we did
find some excellent ground cherries (physalis pubescens, one of the better but
lesser known wild plants), and jerusalem artichokes tubers are very
good to dig this time of year.
November 12th, 2006: Hello, today I was walking through my yard looking for mushrooms when I found 6 maitakes growing under one tree, or if not from the single big one, at least they were all in the same 5' by 5' area. They were over matured so I couldn't pick them, but I have never heard of that happening to anyone. Is this a rare occurance? Could you tell me what kind of tree that big one is in the center, becasue I think the species would have a good use in growing maitakes. I have also found two other maitakes at a different time, growing about 35' away. I live in Carbondale(South IL), IL and they were found today 11/11/06. I have also included a picture of an unidentified mushroom which I was wanting to know if it was edible. It is the yellow one growing on a log. Here are pictures of each individual maitake, and the area they were in, The one that is shredded I thought was a chicken of the woods, and I cut it up to spread the spores but it is a maitake, and it was connected to the ground, so it is was another individual one. I don't know if hotmail will send them in the order I marked them so they may look a little scrambled. -Bart Dziegielewski
This is a Pholiota sp, growing next to a wood ear. Not sure which Pholiota based on that photo.- Chris M
November 13th, 2006: kimberly richmond, not sure, maybe very large puffball - general location = I found it (started off as one, but split into a large buttocks shape) growing on the rotten inside hole of a hickory tree in Gaston Co., NC. Growing Conditions = Indian Summer, mid-November, in a rich, rotting, hollowed hole of a Oak or hickory tree. It was bulging out of the rotting hole and remarkably, but true, resembled the buttocks of a large child. It must be the size of two large grapefruits, conjoined like twins. Additional Comments = I have read about puffballs and how delicious they are, but I am hesitant due to the "twin-like" resemblence. They are white throughout and very dense and heavy. They have a fuzzy appearance that turns a yellowish hue and darkens quickly after I cut it out of the hole. It grew very deep into the rotten hole.
You can check these species out.... -Chris M http://morelmushroomhunting.com/puffballs.htm
November 13th, 2006: I went out behind my garage today and was pleasantly surprised to find a nice batch of big thick late fall oysters growing on an old hackberry stump. Ironically, I had tried to start hen on that stump with plug spawn, which never produced; but now I've got nice oysters there, so I guess mushroom karma evens out in the end.- Ohio
November 14th, 2006: Chris M. found White Matsutake, Gypsy Mushrooms, and Man on Horseback Mushrooms in Butts County, Georgia.
November 15th, 2006: We found three batches of gorgeous fall oysters all freshly popped, and also a couple of late season lepiota rachodes. The oysters were at the base of a cut stump and the lepiota on the ground under pine. Hugh- Columbus, Ohio
November 17th, 2006: hi, I was wondering if you can tell me if the orange mushrooms in the pictures are edible? I think they are some kind of chicken of the woods but I'm not sure. They were found today, 11-18-06, in Southern Illinois, I have also included some other pictures from my mushroom hunt. I happened to find a large area of oyster growing stumps and trees so it was a pretty good day. Your welcome to use any of these photos on your site. Thanks, Bart
These are Orange Mock Oysters, the smell is terrible. http://morelmushroomhunting.com/phyllotopsis_nidulans.htm- Chris M
November 19th, 2006: hello, here are some mushroom finds, from today, 11-19-06. Bart Dziegielewski
November 19th, 2006: Anthony Tassinello, bolete, Porcini - general location = Northern California. Growing Conditions = Coastal Ponderosa Pine forests. Additional Comments = Hey Chris, Just in time for Thanksgiving week the bolete season is s-l-o-w-l-y coming on. All the other hunters I ran into the other day didn't have a single bolete so it made finding 20 or so extra special!
November 25th. 2006: Chris and Elijah Matherly, found Aborted Entolomas, and Blewits, and also Lions Manes in Twiggs County, Georgia. Happy Thanksgiving!
November4 26th, 2006: hugh urban, late fall oysters - general location = central Ohio. Growing Conditions = on fallen hard wood, Additional Comments = We found a few more late fall oysters today on dead logs, as well as a nice patch of watercress in a small stream and some dried tree ears. All are excellent in stir fry
November 27th, 2006: My Name is Tom. I have just started an interest in mushrooms. I have found several different species but have yet to positively identify any. I have picked up some field guides from the library and used your sight a lot. I do plan on becoming a member vary soon. This is my latest find. I am curious what it is. It has white gills and I assume a white spore print no pink in it. I found it in a ground stump. It is November 27 and about 70 degrees outside. I live in Texas. Thanks for any help you can give.
Based on the photos, I would say that it is the Yellow
Foot Agaricus, which would have a pinkish to buff spore print, and is poisonous.
But if growing from a dead log or stump, maybe Pluteus, which would also have a
pinkish spore print.- Chris M
November 29th, 2006: hugh urban, late fall oysters - general location = columbus, OH. ..Growing Conditions = on a dead cottonwood on the bank of the Olentangy river, Additional Comments = I found a very large batch of oysters in a big clump on a dead cottonwood right on the edge of the olentangy river. They were pretty high up, so I had to use a stick to knock them off, and about half fell in the water, but I was able to retrieve most of them.
November 28th, 2006: Greg Starke, what is this mushroom? Found Nov. 28th - San Lorenzo ca 94580. In my backyard.
Dave F. Identified this as a Suillus sp.
December 4th, 2006: Chris M, found the jackpot on Aborted Entolomas, also found fresh Honey Mushrooms, and some small fresh Puffballs, in Crawford County, GA.
December 7th, 2006: hugh, oysters - general location = columbus, oh. Growing Conditions = on hardwood stump by river, Additional Comments = I found still more oysters today -- frozen solid, but all in good shape. I put half directly into the freezer whole and then used the rest for dinner. Like hen and chicken, the thick late fall oysters store well frozen without any prep
December 10th, 2006: john, landscape morel - general location = WI, Manitowoc. Growing Conditions = In a circle in my backyard that looked as though it may have once been a firepit site, but is now filled with wood chips. Additional Comments = I was amazed when I went to take the dog out and spotted what looked like morels!! Upon closer inspection, THEY WERE MORELS!!! I didnt eat them, as they were no good anymore. These occurred about the middle of November, 2006.
December 12th, 2006: Hugh Urban, Columbus, OH. Captures the earliest stage growth of a clump of Oyster Mushrooms:
December 15th, 2006: Hi,
Found
this growing in
Yes, you have Oysters there, enjoy! -Chris M
December 25th, 2006: Chris, this mushroom is quite abundant in my hunting camp area in central FL. it has a rust brown spore print and I can't seem to Id it. Tim Ward.
These are a Cortinairius sp., probably poisonous.- Chris M
Notice the rust band above, this is a dead give-away for Cortinarius.- Chris M
December 27th, 2006: Hugh Urban has found a perfect, fresh Oyster Mushroom clump in Central Ohio. (This is the finished product of the above clump- Dec 12th, after growing 15 days!)
December 29th, 2006: Chris M found a nice batch of Brown Matsutake, here in Central Georgia.
December 29th, 2006: Today we found two scarlet cups (sarcoscypha austriaca) at John Bryan S.P.; this really surprised me, because I always thought this was an early spring mushroom popping up just before the morels. It's been extremely warm here for the past couple weeks, and I wonder if the mushroom was tricked by a false spring. Apparently that's happening in Europe in the Alps where it's been extremely warm this year. Who knows, maybe we'll have morels in January this year.
December 29th, 2006 Brandon
and Yvonne, Pleurotus Ostreatus, general location
= Gallatin, TN, Growing Conditions = on fallen log
Additional Comments = We found the motherload!
December 31st, 2006: Hi, I found this fungus growing in the grass one day and thought it was unusual enough to photograph. It was about 4" long. Any idea what it is? I found it in November in Orange County, CA. Thanks, -Dave
You have found a stinkhorn! http://morelmushroomhunting.com/lysurus_mokusin.htm -Chris M
January 3rd, 2007: Hello,, I found these shrooms last fall at a local park under pine trees,,I tried them with caution,, turned out to very tasty,, can you identify them,,,Im located in Brown Deer,, Joseph from Wisconsin:
These appear to be an edible variety in this group: http://morelmushroomhunting.com/lepiotas.htm. However, never ever try an unkown species of mushroom without proper identification. You got lucky this time:>}-Chris M
January 8th, 2007: jeff, oyster - general location = central ohio. Growing Conditions = on a dead e
January 11th, 2007: Wayne
H, found first week january, riparian zone, under
ponderosa pine , white fir,
and doug fir......in squirrel digs........Sedonia-
Truffles!
January 12th, 2007: Chris M, found a Scarlet Waxy Cap, in Central Georgia.
January 15th, 2007: Teresa found a columned stinkhorn near Atlanta, GA. Very smelly!
January 16th, 2007: hugh,
tree ears, oysters - general location = columbus,
OH. ..Growing Conditions = fallen hardwoods, hackberry, cottonwood
Additional Comments = we found a bunch of tree ears and oysters on a fallen
hackberry today. The weirdly warm, wet winter has been a great boon to the
oysters and other late fall tree shrooms. I just hope it doesn't screw up the
morel season...
January 18th, 2007: Teresa found a giant Lion's Mane 15 feet up in a tree near Atlanta, GA.
January 19th, 2007: Chris found Suillus and Man On Horseback in Central Georgia. Daffodils blooming, Forsythia starting to come out, and even some Creeping Phlox! Also saw a Magnolia Tree in full bloom! Need winter real quick!
January 20th, 2007: Chris found more fresh Brown Matsutake in Central Georgia, also two Hedgehogs!
January 21st, 2007: David Fischer, Chris Matherly, Karen Garren, and several others went on a foray in Gainesville, Florida, and found about 30 species fruiting. Agaricus, Sulphur Tufts, Many Russulas, many Cortinarius, Entoloma, Cordyceps, and others. Ticks and Mosquitoes were very bad!
January 22nd, 2007: Chris M found Truffles in Central Georgia!
January 22nd, 2007: Loren, put it in current finds .. its a 9 oz bowl of Oregon white truffles.. from 1-22-07
January 22nd, 2007: What is going on with the truffle finds? Here is another- I found these in Central Georgia under a mix of pines and oaks. Very sweet smelling, almost like fruit. I have no idea what kind they are. I thought that the pecan truffles were they only ones in Georgia. I do not have much knowledge on truffles, so any help would be welcomed. -Chris M
February 4th, 2007: Chris, in Middle Georgia reports- Deep Freeze even down here in the South. Not much going on. I noticed an Amanita muscaria growing slowly in the cold weather. That is about it.
February 7th, 2007: maukajt, morel-other false morel? only one! - general location = Puna Hi. Growing Conditions = right out in the yard- we are about 1-1/2 mile from ocean, Additional Comments = the shroom was found after days of rain, it was about 6in-8in, and kind of a chantrelle colour, shocking, in the greeness of the lawn! It had the classis morel shape, and the stalk was "wrinkled" like the head. -May have been a stinkhorn, wish I had a photo to se it! -Chris M
February 10th, 2007: Tim Ward, deer mushroom - general location = green cove springs ,fl. .Growing Conditions = mixed hard woods. lactarius indigo, - general location = oak hill , fl.Growing Conditions = mixed pine mostly hard woods, Additional Comments = want'ed mushroom hunt'in buddy within 80 miles of daytona beach, fl. Hedge hog - general location = Green Cove Springs , FL. Growing Conditions = Mixed Pine Hard woods, Additional Comments = Florida seems to have most of the mushrooms I found in AL., Ga.
February 11th, 2007: hello, im just gettin into mushroom hunting, and I am not too sure on what kind of mushroom this is. notsolilguitrman
Sorry, but based on the somewhat bluried photo, I cannot make an ID.- Chris M
February 22nd, 2007: Chris M found a few Oysters, and a nice unexpected fruiting of Cortinarius mucosus, in Central Georgia.
MORELS HAVE BEEN FOUND!
February 28th, 2007: Where: Sebastopol, CA., Darvin D. This is the first of the morels and it’s too young to identify. It is fruiting under Incense Cedar and I think it might be the RARE Taxon 7 in Michael Kuo’s book Morels (page 183). It could also be a landscape morel, Morchella rufobrunnea since it is fruiting in wood chips. I left it to mature!
March 1st, 2007: Chris M- Central Georgia, found one lonesome Brown Matsutake.
March 2nd, 2007: Larry
Hull, deer/fawn
mushroom - general location = Upson
County, Georgia. Growing Conditions = on log in
creek bottom,
Additional Comments = I was looking for Morels.
March 4th, 2007: Tim Ward, this one reminds me of a deer mushroom except for the light color of the cap, the gills look pink the spores are salmon to a creamy pink on a dark surface plate and darker when wiped up(concentrated) on to a white napkin. Where did you find them- general location = Florida around the ST. jonns river just south of green cove springs Growing Conditions = growing beside a huge oak stump, Additional Comments = spores pinkish to samon
Yes Tim, they are Fawn Mushrooms (pluteus cervinus), they lighten in color with age.- Chris M
March 4th, 2007: Jack, These are from 03-03-07, mendocino county CA. Black Trumpets, Hedgehogs, and Waxy Caps.
Most people do not realize that California has mushroom fruitings like these this time of the year. California's rain mainly occurs in late Winter. Nice Photos, Jack, and keep us informed of your future finds! -Chris M
March 7th, 2007: Brendon Lamoreaux, Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus - general location = Small town of Bingen, Washington on the Columbia river. Growing Conditions = Growing on Lombardi Poplar on old corn feilds near the Columbia River. Covering the tree but the largest clump was near the ground. Additional Comments = Good and firm. Great fresh smell and taste. Not a super exciting mushroom but one of the few that are avalliable year round. I pick them every winter! Picking 5lbs sure beats buying them for $6 a lbs at the local supermarket. wish I would have known about this site before. I have great pictures from last years mushroom bounty! Including my mammoth Pig's ear find. mmmm
March 9th, 2007: Well, after looking yesterday with no luck, I again tried today at a different location here in Central Georgia. I had given up hope and was on my way back to my truck, then it popped out at me! One nice fresh lonesome Morel 2" tall! So the season has started officially here in the South! -Chris Matherly
( The First Morel Contest is still on, my find does not count)
March 11th, 2007: Bob Welker called to report finding two Morels in Baldwin County, Georgia. Later he emailed me the photos!
Bob, the one on the right has been up at least a week! -Chris M
( The First Morel Contest is still on, this find does not count- no paper/ date/ etc.)
March 11th, 2007: I thought you might like to know that we found Morels growing in our front garden at the Rifle Club today in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England. I have spent some time working out what they were. We have about thirty, most of them seeming to be rather overripe, so they may have been around some time. We think they came in with some mulching bark which we put on last Summer. Any help in ensuring they stay and prosper would be gratefully received. Regards and thanks for your site. John Clare (pictures will be coming tomorrow)
You are very lucky indeed. These are the Black Morel and are premium quality, these are very fresh, not old at all. This is just the color they take on. This is actually the first photos of Black Morels that I have seen from UK. I occasionally get someone to send me a pic, but always have been yellow Morels in the past. Enjoy! - Chris M
( The First Morel Contest is still on, this find does not count- outside the USA)
March 13th, 2007: Morchella rufobrunnea , Darvin DeShazer, When: 2007-03-08, Where: Sebastopol, CA
( The First Morel Contest is still on, this find does not count- found in California)
March 13th, 2007: Hi Chris! It was such a beautiful day, I just couldn't stand it, so I drove to my favorite early black morel spot up at the lake. I thought I was going to be skunked, but on my way out of the woods, I got down on hands and knees and checked a spot that almost always yields a few black morels...Under the leaf litter - JACKPOT! Here are the pictures that I took. Unfortunately, my digital camera is a dinosaur, so the quality is blurry. I did put my cell phone behind it so that you could hopefully see today's date (March 13). This is the earliest I've ever found morels here. Last year was March 15th. Happy Morel dreams! Tomi Kentucky
It appears to be a twin. I can barely make out an even smaller one sprouting from the base of the bigger one, look at the bottom left of the stem. Tomi, this would be a winner of the early morel contest, but I would have had to get a photo with the newspaper and date....-Chris M
( The First Morel Contest is still on, this find does not count- not according to rules/ directions of contest)
March 14th, 2007: Eric Asbury, - general location = Henry County, Ga, south of atlanta, Growing Conditions = Growing in sandy soil near a tulip tree.. Additional Comments = this is the earliest i have found them, just one, and i am worried that it is all dried out, we need rain bad!
Eric, you have followed all directions, and appears to be the first of many Morel finds (by the rules) this year, so you are hereby notified the winner of the "Early Morel Contest". You need to send me an email with your phone number so I can call you. Thanks, and congrats. -chris m
March 15th, 2007: Woofer-Morel Found on 3-15- In Grants Pass at the Grants Pass shopping center Oregon, while I was on my morning walk.
March 15th, 2007: louie, cullman, Alabama, Found 10 greys. One was about 3 inchs the rest smaller but very fresh. Its all on after this rain but beware of the freeze tomorrow night. I hope I don't regret leaving those roons for Sat. I think its going to be a good season anyway , good luck to everyone I hope you find a lot and they are big taste good.
March 16th, 2007: Cathy
Lape, Hi
Chris. My brother just called from
March 16th, 2007: Chris M. and Roger R. Scoped out the ole' morel patch, and found about 50 or so fresh, firm young gray Morels just getting started! Near Monticello, GA The smallest of the two below was about 1/2" tall!
March 16th, 2007: Chris M. found a field full of Shaggy Manes in Jasper County, GA. I did not think they grew here, these are the first I have ever found in GA., and in the Springtime?
March 17th, 2007: first (hopefully
not last) morels in sedona,
arizona, at a spring......usually about 1-2 weeks later than this
year.......that is water
cress also at the spring.....wayne in sedona
Nice find! These appear to be the "Blushing" Morels.- Chris M
March 17th, 2007: Roger R, Shaggy Maine - general location = March 17 2007. Today I found this shaggy maine ( I think)all by itself in a privet thicket here in Rockdale co. GA. I thought it was odd that Chris said they didn't grow here in GA and he finds several yesterday and I find this one today. Pretty cool.
March 17th, 2007: Chris, I know you have awarded the contest winner, but I thought I would send you a photo and some info. I found these Morels on a south facing slope about 2400 feet elevation next to madrone and manzanita. This is on my property in southwest Oregon and typically one of the first places we find them. The earliest we have ever found them on this property was Feb. 23rd. I would say this year is about 1 to 1 1/2 weeks later than average. Monte
March 17th, 2007: DONNA N, GASDEN, AL. IT RAINED LAST NIGHT AND I HAPPENED TO COME UPON WHAT LOOKED LIKE MORELS IN MY BACK YARD. NEVER HAVING HUNTED MUSHROOMS BEFORE, I COMPARED ONE OF THESE TO A PICTURE ON THE INTERNET. IT LOOKED JUST LIKE A YELLOW OR GRAY. DON'T KNOW WHICH. I WONDERED IF ANYBODY CAN TELL ME A FOOLPROOF WAY TO TELL IF THIS IS AN EDIBLE MUSHROOM BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT MORE IN MY YARD AND I LOVE MUSHROOMS! THANKS
If you are able to email a photo, I can verify! -Chris M
March 18th, 2007: Bob W. called and reported finding 7 Morels in Baldwin County, GA, largest being 6 inches. Photos to follow.
March 18th, 2007: I found three morels just poking there sweet little heads through the leaves in the southern part of Crowley's Ridge in eastern Arkansas on Sun 3/18/07. They tasted great, no, not just great, even better than that. My earliest find ever. Jerry Ludwig
March 18th, 2007: Hi all, Sarah and I found these "morels" under a single apple tree in an orchard near Graton today (Sanoma County, California). I think they are M. semilibera but Sarah isn't convinced they are not V. bohemica. Please advise. I am attaching four photos, each ~100kb. Please note that: *there is not cottony pith apparent in any of these mushrooms. *the cap seems to be attached to the stipe between at most 1/3 the way up from the top *some of these mushrooms appear to have vertical ribs near the opof the stipe. thanks, Max
Yes, these are Morchella semilibera,
and very interesting being found under an Apple Tree! - Chris M
March 19th, 2007: Bob W. and Chris M found 25 or so fresh grays and yellows in Jasper and Baldwin Counties, Georgia. Biggest being 7-8 inches!
March 19th, 2007: D.A.D., FFound about 5 lbs. of verpa bohemicas and two,(2)true morels today. Sorry, no pics yet, but true morels were 3 1/4" and 2 1/4". under cottonwoods and maples., Centralia , Wa
March 19th, 2007: TREVOR, march 17 found my first morel up on the mountain behind my house by the end of the day i found 26 then sunday i went out and found 20 more all small 0nes 1 inch to 2 inch but monday i went out and found 1 white morel tell me how other people do thx.gold hill, OR
March 20th, 2007: Is this a morel mushroom? It looks like all the photos I have seen but I was not sure if there may be some other species that looks similar. I live in Georgia and a friend of mine told me that he didn’t think they grew here. Thanks for your help. Jimmy
Yes, you have a Morchella deliciosa, a Morel! Obviously, your friend was mistaken! -Chris M
March 20th, 2007: In the valley in Oregon, found several fresh Morels! rkgasch
March 20th, 2007: Melody, Just got a phone call from a friend in Noel, Missouri. He found 19 black Morels today. They were about 1 to 2 inches tall.
March 20th, 2007: Karen, Found 9 small grey mushrooms this afternoon in Boone County ARkansas march 20, 2007. Happy Hunting! Looks like it has begun.
March 20th, 2007: tinstar, Found the first three today in North Van Buren County.
March 20th, 2007: Bob, Went out this moring found 14, small , all i found in 4 hours searchin, Nonyabusiness, TX
March 20th, 2007: Chris M, went out searching for new territory, walked 6-8 miles, found 30 Morchella deliciosa, and one M. Esculenta, in Bibb County, GA.
March 21st, 2007: Eddie called me to let me know the first Four Black Morels were found in Knoxville, TN. Very small so far.
March 21st, 2007: Chris M. found 5 nice Esculentas in Monroe County, GA.
March 21st, 2007: kerry, black morel - general location = Lyon co. - Kuttawa - Ky. .Growing Conditions = Hill side that was well drained yet leaves were still moist. Found 7 black morels largest about and inch tall.
March 21st, 2007:
Tim in SC, yellow
morel - general location = Close
to Greenville, SC. Growing Conditions = Under
Mostly Ash trees.,
Additional Comments = 70 Morels.
Weight 2 pounds, well below normal average weight for this area. Most were very
young, tightly wrinkled and with the typical greyish coloration I normally see
in young Esculenta type morels.
March 21st, 2007: Roger R, phoned in and reported finding Morels in Rockdale County, Georgia.
This is a Morchella deliciosa, they do not get much bigger. -Chris M
March 22nd, 2007: james, kingsport, TN , Thought I would just check out my woods this evening after all this warm weather sure enough i spotted 8 blacks. Earliest i have ever seen them in these parts.
March 22nd, 2007: tazewell, tn. went to find some today. when i got out of the van i stepped on a 5 inch white one. who knew the season would be so good this early? we found 13 greys and 7 yellows. 21 total so far! check your patches.
March 22nd, 2007: Chris M and Bob W found 50 Morels, largest being 3/4 of a pound! Putnam County, Georgia.
March 22nd, 2007: Steo, I'm in SE Ohio, these are too small to mess with and should be given a chance to grow so they can produce spores. I just wanted to beat my first find record of March 25th from last year. Same deal as last year, I had the paper from the day before cause I don't get my paper till later in the day. Now if I can just be patient enough to give them a chance to grow.
March 23rd, 2007: Hi Chris, I went to one of my early hot spots.. There it was.. I live in Martinsville, Indiana.. I found it in Morgan Monroe Forrest.. March 22, 2007.. I think it will be a good year.. Thanks Rhonda Cramer. black morel. - general location = Martinsville,Indiana/Morgan Monroe Forrest, Growing Conditions = Poplar Tree/North Hill Side. Additional Comments = Ground is prefect for a great mushroom season. I went to one of my hot spots an found one early one. I think in two or three days hunting will be good for black morals. Thanks Rhonda Cramer
Very cool! -Chris M
March 23rd, 2007: I am in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, which is in the southeast region, right by the joinder of Kentucky and Illinois. My friend Matt found and brought to me 3 yellow morels that he found here in Cape 2 days ago. Just wanted to let you know! believe they are on the very early range here, so the peak is certainly to come, warm temps and some precip on the way. Bryan G
March 23rd, 2007: hi chris...we found our first morels. i found 1 to the west of chatt near the river yesteday. very fresh. earl and susan found 6 yesterday... 2 of which were somewhat old. that seems odd. my buddy in knoxville found 4. above knoxville... norris. he is the fella who will be attending w/ me at your foray. all blacks. still very, very dry. i covered a lot of ground on a westward drive on hwy 64. redbuds are glorious. but so dry. about 9" shy in rainfall! casper
March 23rd, 2007: kenny, grey morel - general location = broken arrow, oklahoma. Growing Conditions = found in a very small patch of woods about 100 ft from blacktopped road on the south side edge before entering the woods in low grassy area. Additional Comments = found 21 grey morels average height 1 1/2 inches to 4 inches..checked this spot day before yesterday none there got 6/10 of an inches of rain last nite about midnight and found them about noon today..some still had dirt on the tops of them..with the rain and upcoming rains and temps should be a good harvest here in northeast oklahoma
March 23rd, 2007: Eric Vincent, grey morel - general location = Canadian County, Oklahoma. Growing Conditions = In sandy soil, river bottom. Found 125 today, on my first outing. I believe the good rain last night brought them out. Additional Comments = Going back in the morning!!
March 23rd, 2007: Chris M and Bob W found 42 Morels in Jasper County, GA.
March 24th, 2007: Ark
Mark, Holy
Smokes!!!!! My wife found our first Central Arkansas morel
EVER!!!!
Its a beautiful 3 in yellow that will have to wait
for it's little friends to arrive later. We have been looking in our new
home area for 3 years to find this lovely little shroom. It was a touch dried up so
I have a feeling that it came up early from the warm temps we had last week
after 3 days of rain. We will be out for sure all this week to check up on its
wonderful little friends!!!! What do you know.... they DO grow down here.
March 24th, 2007: hello, just wanted to report that i took my family out to take a look this evening. didn't really expect to find any. however my six year old gage who is very enthusiastic found a small gray about the size of a quarter. he was so proud of himself as were we. anyway great site, i have a lot of fun looking at it. chanute 66720 southeast kansas find
March 24th, 2007: Found a morel today in Puyallup, WA. Pierce Co. on the side of a newly constructed road through a forested area. I don't know what kind of Morel it is, Yellow? Rather large one at that. I am originally from MN where we used to do alot of morel picking, but this is the first I've ever seen on the West side of the Cascade Mtns in WA. Found several on the East side last year. jean
