2010 Sightings
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5/9/2010 |
5/2/2010
Hope the picture comes out. Found most of these Sunday on top of north facing hills in North East Grundy County. Found a little of all kinds. Found some fresh greys on flat well shaded marsh land. Hoping to find more this weekend on the lower hill sides. Didn't find any this past weekend there. Have always found them in the past. ~Bill and Stephanie
5/2/2010
Here's a few pics from our 43rd Annual Kinsella Mushroom Fry. We had about 50 people attend and we ate 139 mushrooms in short order. This was the worst morel season any of us can remember but we still had a great time with good friends, good food, and beer. ~Larry, in Fairview Heights, IL
5/2/2010
Good rain this weekend led to finding 5 yellows and one grey... first of the season i've seen - near Burr Ridge, IL. Happy Hunting! ~Noah L
5/1/2010
Found these 5/1, Farmdale Reservoir in East Peoria. Mostly large yellows, a few soft crumblers here & there. Their still coming up! ~ BJ
4/30/2010 |
4/30/2010
Well, our season is over and it was the worst mushroom season I've ever had. I picked 139 of the little buggers. My previous wort year was 2006 with only 220 shrooms. My normal year is 1,000 to 2,000. Our mushroom fry is Sunday and we'll have to ration the mushrooms but we always have plenty of pork steaks, chicken and brats, not to mention all the other food our guests bring. It's just a shame we couldn't have had more shrooms. Well, like the St. Louis Rams say, "It'll be a better year next year". ~Larry, in Fairview Heights, IL
4/29/2010
Found 8 grays today in Woodstock, McHenry County. 3 were very dry. ~Joy
4/28/2010
I found these 10 morels last night. If you look close you can see about 6 are grays and 4 are yellows. The grays are almost 6 inches tall! They are bigger than the yellows. I wish I had a better camera than my phone but it is what it is. Also found about 20 on Monday the 26th. Mostly yellows ranging from 4 to 8 inches…couples huge ones….also a few nice 4 to 5 inch grays. Season going pretty well thanks to that rain all last weekend. Hope it keeps on going. Going to go hunting tonight after work again. ~Doug
4/27/2010
Found 3 big yellows on Tuesday, they were starting to dry up. No other signs yet. ~Amy
4/27/2010
Found four yellows in western Peoria County, IL this afternoon. Tomorrow should be a better day. ~Linda C
4/26/2010
Tom,I found 30 plus yellows &some greys on the 23rd, then on the 26th I found 6 yellows.We have about an inch or more rain but no really fresh mushrooms here in Sangamon co.Roger
4/26/2010
We found these in Peoria in the course of about 4 hours, including a couple nice clusters and several loners. 4-26-10. "Two-sticks-swingin' " ~Curt & Ann
4/25/2010
Cody in lovington il again got the rain we needed and the yellows are
just starting to really pop. Went on a quick walk and the kids picked
a few that just come up today gonna be a good week
4/25/2010
Found two yellows 4/25 but rains cut the hunt short. 3/4 in rain last
evening should have em poppin the next couple days. ~Joe, Lee Co IL
4/25/2010
Cody and Dad, Lovington illinois without boys this time great day.
4/25/2010
Found 7 yellows on a gradually sloping hill, around some sticks in Edgar
Co. illinois ~Ben
4/24/2010
Found in south central Illinois weighed in at 1 pound man that was a shocker the lucky guy Greg
4/23/2010
Cody and kids went out looking and they enjoyed picking this little
mess. we need rain which we are getting now lovington,il.
4/20/2010
Found a dozen little greys in Kane county on the 20th, and then scouted
three other sites with no luck. Have been waiting for rain for two weeks!
~Sara
4/20/2010
Central IL near Pekin, Tazewell County: I went out last night and found
17 mushrooms, bout 14 of them were yellows, very fresh, new, and size
is getting better. Some were over 4 inches tall. Not many grays though.
Last week they were all around 2 to 2.5 inches. The rain coming this
weekend could help a lot as the numbers aren’t great but it’s
so dry out there. ~Doug
4/20/2010
Found these in deep valleys where everything hadn't dried out as much
as the rest of the woods. Naturally, I didn't take pictures of the dried
out ones. They rehydrated well, however. ~Larry, in Fairview Heights,
IL
4/18/2010
Found these today. The fresh ones are from an elm in a deep valley where
it stays wet. The four together are from a mid-hill with a slightly
eastern exposure. It shows that we really need rain. I'm afraid even
a heavy rain won't be enough to save this terrible season. ~Larry, in
Fairview Heights, IL.
4/18/2010
We found 30 greys and 1 yellow today in Ogle County. Most were found
under dead elms, but we did find some under some dead pines and may
apples. This is the earliest we have ever found morels.Happy Hunting!
~Fred, Joe, and Walt
4/17/2010
Found these 21 small greys on 4/17/10 near Farmdale Reservoir in East
Peoria. Looking forward to the big yellows in a week or two. ~BJ
4/16/2010
Hey, I found me 21 morels in Marshall county today. Alot of tiny morels
about the size of a dime I left behind, but I will return for them in
a few days. Have fun y'all. ~Dustin
4/16/2010
Hi, Tom! Pastor Steve and I went out this morning in the Kankakee area,
and we found 16 morels in the 1.5 to 2.5 inch range. They are lovely
greys, and with this gentle rain we're having there are surely lots
more to come. Have a great season, everybody!! ~Martina
4/15/2010 |
4/15/2010
Went last Thursday April 15, 2010 in central IL near Pekin, found 20
mushrooms, maybe 2 yellows among the rest grays. Tallest was about 2.5
inches with the rest smaller than that. Very dry, we need rain bad!
Seems to just be starting but the dry ground and coming foliage may
make it a lousy year. The early heat of 80s and constant 30+ mph winds
have really dried up most places to where the dust is flying. ~Doug
4/15/2010
Small greys April 15 th very few though,just starting
4/15/2010
Went out for over 4 hours today and found only 13 shrooms. 11 grays
and 2 yellows. Here's some of the grays. ~Larry, in Fairview Heights
IL.
4/14/2010
H-Mae and CJ stumbled upon a patch of 20, somewhere between Lake Michigan
and the Shawnee Nation Forest. The kids are too young to post their
own pictures, but old enough to know not to tell anyone where the “fatty
wow- wows” are :^) We are so excited for a little rain and a long
weekend of gathering….. Happy Hunting to all! ~Bode
4/14/2010
Hi Tom, My friend and I found 14 small greys in Tazewell Co Illinois
on 4/14/10 need rain bad. ~Chuck
4/14/2010
We found 10 grey and yellow in coal city Illinois. ~Matt Kyle Ron and
Drew
4/13/2010
Found thirty small greys on 4-13-10 in Rock Island co. IL Need rain
bad !!! Please bring the championship back to Magnolia. ~Randy B
4/12/2010
These were found by James B. in Peoria County. Found around the bottom
of an old elm tree. Found 40 of them around the tree. Did not find to
many more anywhere else.
4/12/2010
Found in knox county IL on April 12
4/11/2010
Terrible picture of delicious morels. Picked 54 between 1.25”
and 2.5” inches on 4-11-10. We went out and found them on the
10th, I wanted to let them go to pick them about twice the size they
were but we could not do it. We left behind at least 40 under an inch.
Found in northern Whiteside County. I have never picked any here before the 17th and usually not before the 24th of April. They promptly became a main ingredient to homemade cream of asparagus morel soup. Phenomenal! ~Bill H.
4/10/2010
Hi! I wanted to let you know that I found around 15 little gray morels
on 4/10/10, in Fulton Co., IL. This is definetly the earliest I have
found them here. The last 3 years the first ones I found were on 4/20.
So maybe this will be a record year! (if we can find them before the
grass, etc. gets too tall!) :) ~Lisa
4/12/2010 |
4/11/2010
Found on Southern Illinois University property near Edwardsville, IL
on 4/11/10 ~Jamie
4/11/2010
Morels found by brandon in marseilles (lasalle county)today sunday the
11th! i have one spot near town that produces early every year . usually
i get there and some of them are old . so this year i looked there first
and i found these near 2 trees on a hill facing the south that stays
wet all the time and also gets decent sun. the earliest i have ever
found them before was on the 13th. forcast is 70s all week but no rain.
not good but it will be a verry early year. one last note one of the
shrooms i picked today had a orange stem and was getting old already
so i figure it was 5 days or so old. the others were fresh. ~Brandon
4/11/2010
Found 233 very small greys in Western Illinois today. Largest were the
size of my thumb, most about the size of my pinkie. ~Tim
4/11/2010
Bre S. found this 4.5" yellow in Oconee, IL. Her first mushroom.
4/10/2010
Rat & Sis found 58 little grays in Pike co. yesterday, ground temp
was 58%, may apples were 8 " tall, violets and blue bells were
bloomed, goldenseal was not flowered, pretty dry, need some rain.
4/10/2010
Found these in southern Illinois between Patoka and Sandoval today.
~Lori
4/10/2010
Found 7 decent greys today April 10th in central Marshall County. My
11 year old daughter found the first ones for us, I must be teaching
her well!! ~Jargo
4/10/2010
Found 17 blacks near Grafton, Il. The woods was already dense and could
use more rain, the shrooms were a little dry. ~Linda
4/10/2010
Found these 17 little grays on the 8th and got a dozen more on the 9th.
One nice yellow too. Fairview Heights, IL. They're starting to come
down the hills. The weather's supposed to be warm but there isn't any
rain in the forecast. ~Larry
4/9/2010
Hi tom , Conel here hows every one thought i would let you know april
9 we found 37 grays and white in southern il. looks like a good season
if things dont change but as everyone knows if you dont like
the weather in southern il, stick around ten minutes it will change
god bless ~Conel
4/7/2010
We found about 80 on April 7th....half were yellow and half were gray.
They were in about the same line across a southwest facing slope. This
is about half of them. We need more rain now that we have the warm days.~Claudia
4/6/2010
Found 50 greys no taller than a quarter in the peoria area last night
(4/6/2010). Happy Huntin' to all. Should be a great year. ~Zach
4/6/2010
I thought it was a little early here but looks like my son proved me
wrong….found near Danville, Illinois. ~Bob
4/5/2010
Here's the first one of the season, for me. April 5th, Fairview Heights,
IL. Found 8, in all, on top of a Southeast facing hill. C'mon rain and
heat!! ~Larry
4/4/2010
Found two little greys in the shawnee on 4 Apr 2010. ~Larry
4/4/2010
Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010, my early season opener hot spot produced
in St. Clair County once again without fail. One little 3/4 inch grey.
Interesting thing, I found 3 more 3/4 inchers and one 1 incher nearby
at a spot which more often kicks in a week after the season opener spot,
the 1 incher is a little dry on top, probably an April 1st emergence
give or take a day. ~Rick R.
4/4/2010
Found the first of the season near Maeystown, IL on 4/04. Small ones
(7) but it's a start. ~Mike and Carol
4/4/2010
My husband went to one of our black spots last week in southern central
Illinois and said they were about half an inch tall. He has since then
heard about people finding bags full. Gotta love an early warm spell.
4/3/2010
I found 7 in Southern Ilinois in Franklin county. 4/3/10 ~Heather
4/30/2010
Found 78 on Friday April 30 and 52 Sunday May 2 in Northwest Indiana. See attached photo. Never seen one that black before. Thanks! ~Michael
4/23/2010
Morel
article by Nathan Sheets in the Star Press, Muncie, Indiana
4/22/2010
I found 13 grays in Pulaski County, all between 2 ½ and 3 inches.
No big ones yet, need rain bad! I have talked to a few people that just
got like 30 grays and 40 yellows (just now starting) rain is predicted
this weekend for Indiana, shrooms should start picking up next week?
4/17/2010
Found 25 nice yellows in brown county 4/17/2010 ~Steve
4/5/2010
Found 44 black morels in Scott County today. They are just starting
to come up. ~Bill
4/5/2010
We went Sunday and found four blacks in the Morgan Monroe Forestry.
~Michele
4/3/2010
I just found 5 more small blacks today after it quit raining.~Thanks,
Jeff
4/1/2010
Found these wee tiny things today 4/1/10 in Central Indiana. Nothing
in Morgan Monroe State Forest as yet (by me anyway).
~suz
4/18/2010
Allamakee County. Most Northern County in Iowa on the Minnesota line.
Small Grays ~Donna
4/17/2010
Found 139 grays and yellows today April 17th in Benton County, Iowa!
~Lori
4/11/2010
Found a few the size of Jelly Beans today 04/11/10 Johnson County Iowa
Should be a week to 10 days for them to be big enough to eat :-) ~Morel
Meister
4/10/2010
Found a dozen or so small grays, quad cities iowa. ~Barry and Amber
4/15/2010
SE Kansas. Would have issued a couple "WalkBy Awards" but
nobody caught me so they don't count. 26 yellows made it home a little
dry with many way to late ones left in the woods. It's hot and dry..
forecast next 24 hours possible one inch of rain. ~Kent
4/14/2010
26 Morels today hunting after work in SE Kansas. Hot and dry, we could
use a nice rain every two or three days over the next few weeks. ~Kent
4/11/2010
75 total mix of grays and yellows. 44 on an early morning hunt and 31
mid-afternoon hunt. Two RoadSpotters awards issued and one WalkBy award.
This weeks temps look good.. some rain would be welcome. ~Kent
4/10/2010
SE Kansas, April 10. Early morning hunt before work one spot 28 grays
and left a few old ones in woods. ~Kent
4/7/2010
SE Kansas, April 7. After work we found 52 morels. A mix of gray and
yellows mostly under 2.5 inches tall. Weather turning cool. ~Kent
4/5/2010
Sighting SE Kansas, April 5. We brought home 59 and left 8 crumpled
in the woods. The 8 were to old to keep. Picture is about half of tonights
find. Good luck everyone. ~Kent
4/8/2010
I found 108 mushrooms on April 8 and 9 2010, mostly black, the biggest
was about 3 inches tall. I have the mushroom fever now and can't stop
looking! ~Bev Louisville, Kentucky
4/6/2010
Finally the Morel season has started in Kentucky! We found 15 black
ones this morning on a steep hill in South Central part of the state.
4/12/2010
Found these on the 12th, first time out for the year. Only found 11
total. ~Laura
5/9/2010 |
5/7/2010
Alex B, Tom L, & myself are spending the weekend at the Turtle Lake Club in northest Michigan, Lots of mature blacks, and fresh whites. Thanks to our hosts who carry a 44 to scare away bears! We've seen three so far. ~Robert S.
5/4/2010
SE Michigan: Found about 60 over two days but was behind others who scored much more. Size of my thumb to nice ones.
Question... I'm a rookie and stumbled on about 50-60 morels in the woods along my street. I only found a few yesterday after seing some strangers coming out of the woods with 3 bags full. I didn't even know they were growing near me. I ate them the same night and went to bed happy and couldn't wait to head out the next morning to find more. I was lucky to find an area that the others missed and found maybe 40 today but my little honey hole is now all but dried up.
Ok, I have the bug bad and will be looking for other places now, but.. Will more grow in this same spot this spring or it a one pick harvest? I was hoping with some luck with the weather and some rain that maybe another batch wil pop in a week or so. Am i dreaming or is this a reality (possibility) ? Thanks for your thoughts on this. ~Dave
Response from Tom@Morelmania: Hi Dave, it is possible that there will be more. It is all dependent on Mother Nature and Father Time. I have seen it happen. That's the reason that we encourage mushroom pickers to cut or tear the stem above ground. I'll explain in the next issue of the Morel Booster. ~Tom Nauman, Morel Mania, Inc.
4/29/2010
I found my first morels of the season today, a hundred or so grays and yellows. Need more rain. ~Marty in MI
4/26/2010
Found these black morels in the thumb area in michigan today. Biggest
black morel I had ever found! 8" long 3" wide. Woo hoo game
on! ~D Begley
4/9/2010
Found my first gray on April 9, early for southern Michigan. Found 74
nice 2-4 inchers around one tree on the 25th. ~Shroomin Capote
5/2/2010
Found 83 today the misses & myself, decent find in about 2 hours. Need to find some new grounds to hunt, hit most of my good spots already this year. About ½ & ½ grays & goldens.~Bill the MUSHROOMHEAD From: Hastings- Minnesota.
4/30/2010
Went back to a woods we visited earlier last week. Only found 5 shrooms, thought things would be different, but should have known better. We already found most of them I guess.~Bill the MUSHROOMHEAD From: Hastings- Minnesota.
4/27/2010
Was road hunting today, a little sore from the previous days of hunting. Hit some trees I spotted from the road, & found 37. It can be a rewarding day sometimes by spotting trees from the truck, & finding Shrooms. Last year I found 42 GIANT Goldens by 1 tree, & this year only 8 good grays by that same tree. It’s Prime Time now & I’m having a blast & covering a lot of ground!! My buddy Ron found 23 also on his own. So far, So GOOD!! ~Bill the MUSHROOMHEAD From: Hastings- Minnesota.
4/26/2010
253 found today! Yee-Haw! It was myself, Kari, & my buddy Ron. A lot of goldens this time, & less grays. Kari was beyond herself because she found more then me. She’s getting to be quite the Shroom hunter, & really gets excited when she strikes GOLD!! Kari had 88, Ron had 80, I had 85. That was about a 3&1/2 hour trip. A beautiful find, if I don’t say myself!! ~Bill the MUSHROOMHEAD From: Hastings- Minnesota.
4/25/2010
The (misses) Kari, & I found 145 today, 65% grays, 35% goldens. Got our rain yesterday, & a bit today Found them in about 3 hours, good hunt! ~Bill the MUSHROOMHEAD From: Hastings- Minnesota.
4/20/2010
Earliest sightings in my 7 years in Excelsior, Minnesota. Above average
temps and 1.25” of rain within the past 7 days provided the punch
for this pop. Happy Hunting…here is to hoping we do not get a
late April Freeze. ~Kevin K
4/12/2010
Found these little grays 4/12/10 in Wildwood, MO. Yellows will be soon.
Great website. ~Dustin
4/5/2010
Went out sun 4/4/10 found 14 little grays around Kansas city. Mo. Good
luck to all . ~Mark.p
4/4/2010
It's here! Found 17 black morels here in SE MO. ~Mark and Christal
4/11/2010
Good afternoon tom,well i broke the ice this morning.I found 11 small
grey ones in SE Nebraska,lot of standing water from spring thaw. ~Kevin
5/2/2010
Ever since I was fascinated with wild mushrooms, I have always wanted to see a morel up close and personal. Well, after waiting for 11 years I have finally found one, by accident. What's interesting about this find was that it's right in our own front yard. I was so excited I had to share the experience with my husband. The morel was the size of a quarter, found in seacoast NH. ~Nora
3/30/2010
Siyo! my neighbor has found a morel under a apple tree in cherokee,
nc today! ~ Eddie
4/27/2010
Went out today 4/27 and found 5 greys and 7 blacks Akron, Ohio
~Betty
4/25/2010
I live outside richmond ohio and went out around 7:30am today4/25/2010.found
26 yellows much bigger then the ones i found on the 20th.here are pics
from today.happy hunting everyone.im going out agin Monday and tues.happy
hunting everyone.sofar a great year.
4/23/2010
Found 25 in a cluster near greenfield ohio
4/20/2010
Here is the pic from the 20th outside richmond ohio.
4/20/2010
Found 8 morels on 4/20/2010 in ross county ~Steve
4/20/2010
Hey just wanted to let u know i live near richmond ohio and yestersday
witch was the 20th of April i found around 35 mushrooms.found afew more
today the 21st.seen ur website and wanted to let the fellow hunters
know.
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Sry i forgot to let everyone know no blacks were i am but the ones i
found were yellows alil bigger then a 50 cent piece.alot of tinny ones
though cant wait for the rain sat.ill be out Sunday and Monday in hopes
of some monsters.happy hunting all.
4/16/2010
I found 8 blacks and 5 greys on April 16, 2010. ~M. R. Queen
4/13/2010
April 13 fairfield co. ohio... 68 of 'em... ~RSpang
4/13/2010
Dave "the Mushroom Wizard" found about 20 blacks in Miami
County Ohio April 3 and 4 2010!
4/2/2010
I found 13 black morel at tar hollow on the 5 of april. ~Steve
4/6/2010
CLEVELAND, OHIO- HEADING TO THE WOODS AFTER WORK TODAY. HAD SOME RAIN
LAST NIGHT, TEMPERATURE IS IN THE UPPER 60'S WITH A HIGH OF 83 TODAY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE NO ONE HAS REPORTED ANY FINDINGS THIS YEAR. I'M VERY
EXCITED WITH JUST THE ANTICIPATION OF THE SEASON! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
~DALE, DEVOTED MOREL HUNTER
4/11/2010
Found several around the elms in central Oklahoma. What fun! ~Jamie
4/7/2010
Found 74 grays & yellows seminole co. ok ~bryan w
4/6/2010
Here we found some more shrooms, there are 81 total mostly yellows but
a few gray's. found them
around sparks, ok. (sparks america) 4-6-2010 WOO-HOO! ~Mike & Shelly
4/5/2010
I found 17 gray's & 6 yellow's in sparks, ok. on 4-5-10, here they
are right before we ate them! thanks, ~Mike D
3/31/2010
Wednesday, March 31. Half dozen small Morels found North Eastern Oklahoma
not far from SE Kansas border. Looked like they had been up a couple
days. Confirmed. ~Kent
4/19/2010
Found 10 blacks yesterday evening (4-19-10) in Huntingdon,Pa--all 2
1/2"-3" ~Curtis
4/17/2010
Hello again from Lebanon County, PA! April 17th I found 154...the earliest
I've ever found mushrooms in my 50 years of hunting!!!! They were a
mix/... mostly small grays. Yesterday, April 24th yielded 132 more...getting
bigger...still a mix, but mostly gray. Woohoo!!!!!!! Currently raining,
so going out on a hunt shortly. Happy hunting to all! ~Kathy
4/11/2010
Greetings fellow “shroomers” from “Mushroom”
Mike in Southwestern Pennsylvania, on Saturday, April 11 I found my
very first morel of the year in the Appalachian mountains of Fayette
County bordering West Virgina. Between myself and two others, we found
close to four dozen morels and some very promising territory for future
hunts. I apologize for not providing pictures this time but I deffinatly
will include photographs for upcoming posts. ~Michael
4/10/2010
Greetings from Lebanon, Pennsylvania! With all the warm weather we've
had, I thought just maybe some would be popping...but nothing yet. Anybody
else out there from PA??? Happy hunting to all!!!!! ~Kathy
4/1/2010
YEEAAH!!! finally here, earlier than ever: April 1st! my girl and i
found 3 fresh and 1 dry black morels today! huntingdon co. pa. this
will be an awesome year! ~Bruce
4/5/2010
Found 2 saturday and 1 today brian in tennessee ~Cherry
4/4/2010
Found 50 black morels on 4/4 ~Deb
4/3/2010
Found 2 little blacks today slow year so far hope gets better by the
end of the week. ~Cherry
4/27/2010
Found 18 big yellows on april 27 ~Brian
4/3/2010
Finding morels in North Central Texas. Brought in 103 grays last weekend,
and 84 (mostly blonds) today. ~Debbie & Tom
3/21/2010
W e were visiting friends in austin,texas , (we are from iowa) and found
forty grays on the 17 of march .our friends were very excited they had
never been shrooming before , but will probably go to this spot again,
we were all just out for a hike on a wonderful day when my 17year old
son says well what do you know , me having been 2 steps ahead of him
turns around and there were 2 grays directly between us .the race to
find more, in an area we didnt know, was on.the rest as they say is
history. having just checked out your website i thought other shroomers
would like to know that the 2010 morel season has begun. ~Daron in southern
iowa
3/14/2010
Sunday, March 14, found 9 little grays, North Texas area.
4/5/2010
Picked about 30 shrooms today (see attachment for pic). Found several
already dry. We desperately need rain for a good season and there is
none expected in the area until near the end of the week. Happy hunting
everyone!! ~Vicky
4/25/2010
My buddy and I found about 3-4 pounds in Kittitas County, WA. Growing among cottonwoods primarily. Our first morel hunt! ~Chris
4/9/2010
Hi Everyone, found my first one: Ten days earlier than last year: 1inch
tall southwest Was, good luck all ~Jim
4/17/2010
Jackson Co. West Virginia -- My husband and I found 24 small gray morels
and 3 half-frees. They're just getting started here. (No blacks this
year or last. My patch seems to have died out.) ~Amanda
3/30/2010
My name is Sean Stanley, I live in the mts. of WV, and found the first
morels of the season. March 30, 2010. A little earlier this year then
last. Small ones, but looks like it will be a good one! ~Sean
5/5/2010
Went out again on Wednesday the 5th and found another 16 in Eastern Portage
County, Wis. I must have missed them first time around because they were all
large and looked to have been there a few days. I did not find anything
smaller or any that looked liked they were new. I hope the season wasn't a "one and done". The picture is of a pair I found at my house in my tulip
bed! Gonna eat them tonight with ramps and asparagus tips on pasta. ~Brian
5/1/2010
Found 13 on Southern exposed hills , all about 3-4 inches tall . Poor year. Farmer across the way on Northern exposed hills found about 70 , last year they found 300-400. We found 100-150. To much heat and dryness early in the spring. At least I didn't step on any . ~Gord
5/1/2010
Wood county, Wisconsin. Sorry for the late posting. Found 18 (1.5") grays on the first day out on Saturday (May 1) on sunny side of a creek in Wood county. Surprised to find 27 (2") yellows Tuesday (May 4) by a dead elm and another 31 grays and yellows (all 1.5"-3") by ash on south facing hill! Pretty fast start, Nothing small. ~Bob
4/30/2010
I found about 3 pounds of huge yellows on Saturday, April the 30th in Eastern Portage County, Wisconsin. Upon returning from “my patch” I also found 95 more in an area of woods just in front of my house that extended into my lawn (see picture) and I have never found them there. I see that others think this morel season is shaping up to be less than stellar, and because of our lack of precipitation I would have agreed, but this years start almost 10 days earlier than 2009 makes me think otherwise. I will hunt again most days this week and hope things progress – more sightings posts will follow! Happy hunting to all. ~Brian
4/24/2010
Crawford County Wisconsin , My Wife found 3, 2 inchers and I stepped
on 1. ~Gord
Response from the webmaster: In these situations I've heard
rumors of Tom playing military taps for the squished shroom.
4/22/2010
Two weeks earlier than we've ever found them. Deeee licious! ~Teresa
4/12/2010
Hi,Everyone: found another hand full of greys in SW Wisconsin, on the
12th: ~Jim
4/10/2010
I found this one April 10, the day after I saw you at the Deer, Turkey
and Morel Expo in Madison. The earliest I've seen them in Wisconsin,
by about two weeks. Good Luck, ~Jerry
4/8/2010
Found 1 grey on the 8TH & 1 little yellow on the 10TH in SW, Wis,
Good luck everyone. ~Jim
4/4/2010
We live near Elko, British Columbia, Canada, in the Rockies near Fernie.
Yesterday, April 3rd, and Today, April 4th,my husband found 15 black
morels beside our driveway, on our acreage. We have had a warm, dry
winter, which is probably why we are seeing morels a month or more earlier
than usual. ~Charlotte & Ken
5/8/2010
After a very dry April but rainy 2 days we found 52 morels today 8 May 10 north of Toronto. Most were esculenta elata and all were small. Lots of fun. ~YPT
4/28/2010
Hello Tom, Yesterday Apr. 28 in sandy areas along the shores of lake Ontario, Canadian
side, we picked the first collection of Morchella esculenta, some were 4
inches tall. There has not been rain for long time now otherwise the season
would be in full bloom.
Best of luck to all.
~GLUE
4/10/2010
We are happy to report that morel season is now underway in Ontario,
with our sighting of 2 small esculenta elata in the Greater Toronto
Area this afternoon (see attached photos). This is the earliest that
we have found them here. ~GLUE
5/4/2010
From The Netherlands, Yesterday the rain, TODAY THIS PICTURE!!! GREETINGS ~GIO.
4/17/2010
This picture is of a morel I found last year on the Dutch Coast. This
year is too dry for morels. ~Gio
Response from Teresa: I think the photo posted 4/17 from the Netherlands is a false morel. Hope they didn't eat it.
Response from Tom@Morelmania: Hi Teresa, the mushroom pictured is a Morchella semilibera. It's commonly known as the Half-free
morel or "peckerhead". It is a true morel, edible, and delicious. See Michael Kuo's page:<http://www.mushroomexpert.com/morchella_half-free.html>