AFAIK, nothing else looks like a morel. They're the only ones I've felt 100% comfortable eating.
It's amazing how fast they grow. Wife said she's positive some of the ones they found today weren't there Wednesday.
You can buy logs with the spores and grow them in a closet with instructions, but they are pretty pricey and don't produce many Morels.Have any of you guys tried to move some closer to home?
Transplanting a shovel-full of dirt (including one or two morels) in a moist, shady area with rotting vegetation (or aged compost?) should get the spores started.
Just a thought.
I'm gonna guess they are tough to "farm". I wouldn't think they'd fetch such a good price if they could be "farmed". I'm glad I found a few spots around here for the wife cuz she likes em well enough to buy em if she can't find em. She grew up in Missouri with lots of em.
I like em, just not enough to farm them.
We used to have a little male Miniature Pinscher. Even though as he got older he couldn't see well, his sense of smell was great. They weren't Morels, but he could smell a mushroom/toadstool/whatever before it even broke the top of the ground. We'd see him digging in the dirt, and sure enough there one would be.
Thanks!
They were tasty.
Went out again last evening after work to a new spot and found nothing.
Yeah, it's just like me to look in all the wrong places!
Probably not lol, I'll say that I never found any large yellows like most that are in pics. Usually just grays and yellows that about the size of your thumb.
Thank you Meatgrinder.
