2016 Morels

[nich018]

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!

Me too!! My FIL always gave us some,but he passed away last year.

 

[dennishoddy]

I eat them like regular button mushrooms. Slice, sauté in butter and cover a ribeye with them, or add to soups, stews, or chili.

 

[Okie4570]

Thanks for the ID info fellas! I might just start looking!

I'd bet there will be some on the places you drove me by on the way back from coyote calling that day. Sand, oaks, cedars.....

 

[DRC458]

I'd bet there will be some on the places you drove me by on the way back from coyote calling that day. Sand, oaks, cedars.....

That's what I'm thinking!

 

[Mos Eisley]

Hands down the best biscuit gravy I ever made was with morels!

 

[swampratt]

poor oyster mushrooms get no lovin'.

 

[amcardon]

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.

Same here. I love morels - rabbit & truffle risotto just isn't the same without them. I miss the truffles in OR...

 

[tntrex]

Every year i see this thread and every year i ask if anyone down here ever found any. I'll try again tho. But i suspect theres no spores here in the furthest sw corner

 

[CHenry]

Every year i see this thread and every year i ask if anyone down here ever found any. I'll try again tho. But i suspect theres no spores here in the furthest sw corner

Might find your answer here.
http://www.morels.com/forums/forum/oklahoma/

 

[Mos Eisley]

I've never had much luck finding more than just 2 or 3.

I found this interesting...

Nancy Hill’s easiest, most accurate and most used sign is DANDELIONS! We have NEVER been proven wrong for the past two decades.

You may find some small grey morels, but you never find the mother lode without:

- Full yellow dandelions in yards. Yellow dandelions next to buildings (which are hot spots) do not qualify. After one yellow blossom in an open space the season will begin to arrive in 7 to 14 days!

- In fact, it takes white headed dandelions for an abundance of morels to appear.

Remember there are always exceptions to the rule but this is our big indicator. Mother Nature is not easily predictable. Other indicators that have been used with good justification is:

- Lilacs nearing blooming

- Cottonwood trees have greening of leaves

- Elm tree leaves are the size of your pinky finger

- Red bud trees in bloom

- Apple trees in blossom

- The 4th mowing of your lawn

- Dogwoods in bloom

- Turtles crossing the road

- Snakes out of hibernation