shroom picking

[tgapp]

Still nothing doing here, but I've got a warm feeling about next week.

Same. Been looking, haven't been finding. Fingers crossed my luck changes here next week

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[neckdeep]

Same. Been looking, haven't been finding. Fingers crossed my luck changes here next week

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Screw "luck".

I prefer a $5 probe thermometer over luck.

[Garbowski]

Anything specific to look for as far as burn areas for morels? Or just whatever burned last year that I can access? I'm in Seattle if that mattes.

[Timberridge]

Had about a dozen morels pop up in my yard this year. Never saw them before this year. If they popped up this year will they return in same spot again?
I picked them and made a mushroom pasta thing.

[The Reverend Floater]

Had about a dozen morels pop up in my yard this year. Never saw them before this year. If they popped up this year will they return in same spot again?
I picked them and made a mushroom pasta thing.

That is awesome.

We get just about everything besides edible fungi.

[neckdeep]

Anything specific to look for as far as burn areas for morels? Or just whatever burned last year that I can access? I'm in Seattle if that mattes.

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[The Reverend Floater]

Camped at about 3000' last night, hoping the lower elevation would yield some morels. I didn't see a single morel but I did see some other that I identified using a mushroom app. Let me know if any of these are wrong.



Bleeding Bonnets





Saffron Webcaps (Highly Toxic)



And of course Discina Montana Gyomitra, or false morels.

All in all, a fun morning exploring new country and I'm enjoying exploring mycology as well.

[MakersTeleMark]

What app?

[neckdeep]

It's been my experience that if you are finding snowbank morels in good condition, then the soil is still too cold for true morels. They are usually decomposing when the morels are popping.

Dandelions make a fairly accurate indicator. Generally, when dandelions are mature and starting to go to seed heads, morels are at their peak. Of course, nothing saves time and effort like a simple probe thermometer.

Also, if you want accurate IDs, a pic of the gills is helpful. For example, the most important part of identifying a webcap is seeing the cortina on the gills.

[Bronco]

It's been my experience that if you are finding snowbank morels in good condition, then the soil is still too cold for true morels. They are usually decomposing when the morels are popping.

Dandelions make a fairly accurate indicator. Generally, when dandelions are mature and starting to go to seed heads, morels are at their peak. Of course, nothing saves time and effort like a simple probe thermometer.

What temperature should the soil be?

[neckdeep]

What temperature should the soil be?

Front runners start around 50 and the full flush is underway at 55. There's not much point in being early; immature morels don't have much flavor to begin with and picking small morels is a great way to turn pounds into ounces. Also, people like me can read the flashing you leave behind and use it to our advantage.

Start on south/west aspects, then east and then north facing. Then go up in altitude.

[The Reverend Floater]

I packed a meat thermometer and then bought a moisture meater today for fun. No morels, and that last reading (53f and 1.3 moisture) is dead nuts where I harvested one week later last year.

[tgapp]

1 morel is infinitely better than zero morels but still not as good as many morels.

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[MakersTeleMark]

FTR, this is the only mushroom thread I will check. Duplicate threads are stupid.

[stapes]

Brains!!!?!








Here’s one from central IL back in November…

[tgapp]

not a bad omen for the first three mushrooms of the season

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[The Reverend Floater]

It's getting so close here. I can feeeeeel it.

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[John_B]

It has begun. Year 2 post burn morels here.

[tgapp]

It has begun. Year 2 post burn morels here.

heh I knew it was only a matter of time until someone blew my piddly 3 mushies out of the water, glad it was you

well done mang! That's a proper haul!

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[Bronco]

It has begun. Year 2 post burn morels here.

Nice, thanks for the heads up to get our asses back over there asap!

[John_B]

Nice, thanks for the heads up to get our asses back over there asap!

I figured you'd appreciate the heads up. I've only been out a few times but it seems like it's early still. Hopefully we get some rain from the upcoming thunderstorms.

[The Reverend Floater]

Niiiiiiiiice!

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[RootSkier]

One of my friends and work mentors just died from eating wild mushrooms. It's crazy. He was the safest, most risk-averse guy I know (at least in terms of whitewater kayakers/backcountry skiers) and I thought he was a true expert on mushrooms.

He was on a river trip with two MDs and they thought they had him stabilized...and they were wrong. Fucking insane. Dude had recently retired mic-drop style, just walked out of the office on his last day and never looked back, which is rare for lawyers. He was living a fucking legendary retirement too, doing nothing but fishing and going on awesome trips.

Be careful out there, folks.

[skaredshtles]

One of my friends and work mentors just died from eating wild mushrooms. It's crazy. He was the safest, most risk-averse guy I know (at least in terms of whitewater kayakers/backcountry skiers) and I thought he was a true expert on mushrooms.

He was on a river trip with two MDs and they thought they had him stabilized...and they were wrong. Fucking insane. Dude had recently retired mic-drop style, just walked out of the office on his last day and never looked back, which is rare for lawyers. He was living a fucking legendary retirement too, doing nothing but fishing and going on awesome trips.

Be careful out there, folks.

Details? What did he eat that he thought was safe?

[tgapp]

One of my friends and work mentors just died from eating wild mushrooms. It's crazy. He was the safest, most risk-averse guy I know (at least in terms of whitewater kayakers/backcountry skiers) and I thought he was a true expert on mushrooms.

He was on a river trip with two MDs and they thought they had him stabilized...and they were wrong. Fucking insane. Dude had recently retired mic-drop style, just walked out of the office on his last day and never looked back, which is rare for lawyers. He was living a fucking legendary retirement too, doing nothing but fishing and going on awesome trips.

Be careful out there, folks.

Damn, I'm sorry to hear that RootSkier. I'm reminded of the charts that show a positive correlation between level of avalanche education and fatality rates; higher levels of training are correlated with more avalanche fatalities. I wonder what he was eating?

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