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Cep
Someone made it to my spot before me but I still made out ok:
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great pictures of morels Cep you got talent with a camera they are so hard to shoot and have them show so nice and clear from the back ground around. they are almost camoflaged in the pictures I have tried to take .aloha cls
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Cep
Thanks dude. They are a very well camo'd fungi. Especially when they grow in areas like Gabe posted last page. They blend in with the pine cones.
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CaliGabe
Looked all over today around 4,000' and absolutely no morels. A few might pop here and there yet this season was a bust around these parts. I'll go up in elevation tomorrow and see if that offers something.
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Cep
Woah 4000'? Dude I don't find anything at that elevation until mid May. Boletes at 4000' mid June. Maybe go back in two weeks?
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CaliGabe
I've gotten epic harvests of morels at this altitude later April. I had garbage bags full by Easter and got tired of picking and eating them. They should be popping right now. I will say though I have only seen a few 'hole in the ground mushrooms', don't know what the actual name is, and they are prevalent right before the morels go crazy. When I see 'hole in the grounds' I know morels are around.
I'd like to see some cold rainy weather or a snowfall and feel that would really help.
Boletes at 4,000' later May and should be done by mid June. I dunno...the timing on things I see around here at these altitudes a bit different I guess.
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CaliGabe
I just checked and the McCloud mushroom festival is May 24th this year. I don't know why they hold it so late. The morels are pretty much gone and the boletes are past prime. They have a 'Largest Bolete' contest. Who wants the largest bolete? By that time they are so full of worms I don't bother. By the time the festival rolls around I'm all done picking and that includes boletes.
I dont know if its mentioned here but chaga (Inonotus obliquus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus )
It Is the second most powerful antioxidant in the world it also has something like a ph buffer for the immune system and i commonly used as medicin against cancer and other ills in sami, american indian , mongolian , russian ,finnish and chinese cultures and it has been proven to work trough science. Russia and China use this in regular medicine to avoid cancer coming back or ever appearing. It can easily be harvest in the northern hemisphere and chopped into a powder for drying. Its also a suggested as a extremely good coffe substitue because it relxaes upset stomachs.
The supershroom of The Northern hemisphere
It Is the second most powerful antioxidant in the world it also has something like a ph buffer for the immune system and i commonly used as medicin against cancer and other ills in sami, american indian , mongolian , russian ,finnish and chinese cultures and it has been proven to work trough science. Russia and China use this in regular medicine to avoid cancer coming back or ever appearing. It can easily be harvest in the northern hemisphere and chopped into a powder for drying. Its also a suggested as a extremely good coffe substitue because it relxaes upset stomachs.
The supershroom of The Northern hemisphere
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CaliGabe
Cep...just got word that morels are starting to pop at 5-6,000' just south of the OR border. This year was pretty much a total bust for them. Also they said they're finding a few King boletes already. Weird year for sure. I was seeing some white russula's around my place a week or so ago and those are fall mushrooms. There was a huge flush of those last fall.
morel is the only wild mushroom i have ever harvested. well i did grow the magical ones tho.. nice pics man.... i was in montana and ate them streamside with butter and a tad of garlic along with a trout.......awesome
...found some morels in my garden!
who'da thunk?
first ever. i'm hooked.
who'da thunk?
first ever. i'm hooked.
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Cep
Sounds like a weird year. They're usually at 2-3000' on foothills of Mt Hood right now. I don't even start looking for kings until late May
Did you have bark mulch brought in last year or early this year?
no. not brought in, made, last year and year before... but it's my understanding morels take years to fruit.
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/morel.html
I did bring in some organic fish compost last spring. strange thing is these morels were surrounding my worm bin/compost heap...I harvested several and waved them throughout all my strawberry beds in hopes of inoculating them. left a couple to try getting spore prints from, although cultivation seems beyond my scope atm.
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/morel.html
I did bring in some organic fish compost last spring. strange thing is these morels were surrounding my worm bin/compost heap...I harvested several and waved them throughout all my strawberry beds in hopes of inoculating them. left a couple to try getting spore prints from, although cultivation seems beyond my scope atm.
I am in southern Iowa.
I have never found a morel B4, so I'm stoked. I have eaten lots, but all ways had to rely on someone hooking me up.
I aint got no job, so I can hunt every day till there gone. I found these 3 miles from the house.
I'm going to have to get the Wifes good camera out, and get some nice macro's too.
Peace; 1TT
jolygreensprout
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michigan shroom hunter...
michigan shroom hunter...
anyone in the mid to northern lower pen found any morels yet?...i went out today i saw tons of leeks and some jack in the pulpits...trilliums just starting to flower...but alas no shrooms...just wondering if anyone has had any diff results
michigan shroom hunter...
anyone in the mid to northern lower pen found any morels yet?...i went out today i saw tons of leeks and some jack in the pulpits...trilliums just starting to flower...but alas no shrooms...just wondering if anyone has had any diff results
Man, I was covered in ticks 3 normal sized and at least 20 seed ticks.
If I go out again I'm wearing boots, pant legs tucked in, and taped.
I will be wearing a long sleeved shirt, taped also. I wear a hat any way.
That spur of the moment shit was NOT worth the few I found, but now I know they're about ready.
Peace; 1TT
If I go out again I'm wearing boots, pant legs tucked in, and taped.
I will be wearing a long sleeved shirt, taped also. I wear a hat any way.
That spur of the moment shit was NOT worth the few I found, but now I know they're about ready.
Peace; 1TT
