Are you finding them yet and if so where are you finding them?
I don't hunt mushrooms, but isn't this question a bit like asking a fisherman where he keeps catching those big bass every weekend?
As a good friend of mine responds yearly: "Yes, outside"
Haven't seen any yet this year but I'm keeping my eye peeled.
"When an oak leaf sprout is the size of mouse's ear"... 😉
I don't hunt mushrooms, but isn't this question a bit like asking a fisherman where he keeps catching those big bass every weekend?
Of course, but it does not hurt to ask. You never know, someone may volunteer some helpful info. However I was actually in search of a more general geographic area such as south or middle Georgia so I can track their progress.
As a good friend of mine responds yearly: "Yes, outside"
So I see you are one of those wise guys.
"So I see you are one of those wise guys."
Me too
You can probably find some of these in Holy Cows backyard:
"And then there are?ÿmagic mushrooms, also known as "shrooms." These fungi are famed for their psychedelic effects on people who ingest them, an ancient practice dating back to prehistoric "mushroom cults" and shamans who may have inspired Santa Claus. Yet even after centuries of experience, we are only now demystifying many of the magical ?? and medicinal ?? powers these mushrooms possess."
Believe it.
Are you finding them yet and if so where are you finding them?
Just use your "morel compass".?ÿ 🙂
I have a camp in WV, usually find them on northern slopes because the sun dries the southern ones more.?ÿ They're very weird fungi, will pop up or down in a matter of hours.?ÿ I've looked in a patch and found two, then found 20 more the next day.?ÿ Right now about to go dig some ramps!
Are you finding them yet and if so where are you finding them?
Found a good flush about 10 days ago and a few here and there since then in Athens. ?ÿHope this rain will bring out a few more. Looking forward to Chanterelles now.
Oh damn.....I need to get to looking.
What soil type did you find them in?
Sandy creek bottom?
Burn over?
Big hardwoods? Any elms or rotted trees?
Sandy creek bottoms. Poplars, sycamores, and privet.
Here??s a map of first reported finds on Georgia Morel Hunters.
Those look tasty...
I have watched 'shroom seasons come and go.?ÿ And I have some secret spots I return to each year that faithfully provide me with a good sackful or two for my troubles.?ÿ
One might think learned observation and intuition could reveal some insight as to the "where and when" the Morchella mycelium will produce its fruit.?ÿ But every time I think I have a theory, I see evidence to the contrary.?ÿ 40 years of watching just hasn't been long enough for me to be able to predict where those little boogers will pop up.?ÿ I do visit these sights daily over a period of a week or so to get a good feel as to "what is going on".
One of my favorite spots is in fairly mature woods with a distinct floor and canopy, without livestock and very little to none foot traffic, and a good thirty or forty feet of vertical difference from one end to the other.?ÿ Some years they pop up under the cover of mature trees.?ÿ Some years they're in thick ankle high spring growth.?ÿ Some years they seem to like the shade, some years they gather in full sun.?ÿ Some years they blanket the area over a period of days?ÿgrowing from lower elevation to higher.?ÿ Some years are the exact opposite.
About the only thing I could say for sure is they usually like a thick layer of undisturbed leaf mold.?ÿ But then I've found them underneath a wooly cedar tree growing from thick red clay.?ÿ Go figure.?ÿ?ÿ?ÿ
Maybe that's why they are so much fun to hunt.?ÿ And the "hunt" is what it's all about.
Bon appetite mon amis.
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one day's pick year before last:
Yeah, there is no figuring these little boogers. An area that you would swear is perfect yields nothing and other less desirable ones are chock-full. I have found nothing this year. We have had lots of rain and it has been quite cold in the mornings with a nice warm up in the afternoon.?ÿ I may have go undercover as a Double Naught Spy and spy on some folks, especially David3038.?ÿ
Around the Boone, NC area (elevation 3000'), I start looking for white/yellow and half free morels when yellow poplar leaves begin to unfold from bud.?ÿ I have the best luck around mature yellow poplars in rocky soil with varying depths of rich black loam.?ÿ I tend to get them in hollows that don't see much direct sunlight or the north sides of slopes but, as others have mentioned, the little buggers can sprout about anywhere.?ÿ
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Oh damn.....I need to get to looking.
What soil type did you find them in?
Sandy creek bottom?
Burn over?
Big hardwoods? Any elms or rotted trees?
Poplar groves always netted my biggest hauls.
