2016 Morels

[Okie4570]

It may be too early on the calendar, but the weather says go look! Soil temp is right for most of the state but there's little to green up yet on the ground despite the trees starting to leaf. Only found them in March one year ever, and that was the last week of March. Usually the first couple of weeks of April before I see any here.

Anyone looked down south yet?

 

[tRidiot]

I've never had these... definitely would like to try them. No one else in my house will, but I sure will!

 

[DRC458]

I love them, but I don't trust myself to be picking the right ones. The ones I have eaten were all harvested by someone who really knew what they were doing!

 

[Okie4570]

That's the beauty of the morels, nothing else looks like them other than a false morel..........and they're easy to distinguish from a true morel. True morels have a hollow stem, false has webbing inside. I've only seen a couple of false morels ever.

 

[deerwhacker444]

They're already starting to find a few. We're a full month ahead of when I usually start finding them, but the conditions are right. If we get some rain this week like they're forcasting, I imagine they'll start popping all over. The next few weeks will be prime time.

Here's a forum to keep up on when people start finding them.

 

[zghorner]

I was thinking about them this morning and planned on bumping last years thread. Traditionally they are popping up in central OK when the red buds start to bloom. After this weeks rain im hitting the woods.

 

[CHenry]

Morels are awesome, unfortunately I dont have a place to go looking. I figure any public land will get hunted before I can get to it.

 

[deerwhacker444]

I love them, but I don't trust myself to be picking the right ones. The ones I have eaten were all harvested by someone who really knew what they were doing!

They're about the easiest mushroom to id. If it looks like a morel and is hollow from stem to stern, it's a morel.

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False morels are usually reddish or blackish and are not hollow.

 

[doctorjj]

They're about the easiest mushroom to id. If it looks like a morel and is hollow from stem to stern, it's a morel.

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False morels are usually reddish or blackish and are not hollow.

People have been eating the big reds for centuries. Not saying it's guaranteed to be okay and I'm not publicly condoning it, but people, including my family haven't had any issues for generations.

 

[Okie4570]

^^^^^ I know some guys who eat reds too with no issues as well, and are the only variety of false I've seen around here, and only twice at that.