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Morel Finds Archives November 7th, 2001 Until May 15th, 2002

November 7th, 2001: danielle herbst, found Other kind of mushroom: not sure,  Where did you find them- general location:  albany,oregon, Growing Conditions: under a oak tree underground, Additional Comments: i would like to know what kind of mushroom it is its close capped white with a pretty fat stem. Danielle, I would need at least a photo of your find to ID, could be anything from a Amanita to a puffball.- Chris M.

November 8th, 2001: janice say she found a morel!, How many did you find?: only a few Where did you find them- general location: I found a morel in my yard here in San Diego. I found your web site to help me identify it. I found one last year, and a knowledgeable friend identified it. When I found this one, I was pretty sure what it was, but your photos confirmed it. Scrolling through your listings I gather that these are not too common in San Diego, so I thought I would tell you of it. Our house is just a few blocks from the ocean.  Growing Conditions: I on the edge of my lawn, between the lawn and the concrete path. It rained a few days ago. As you probably know, we don't get much rain. Wierd, huh? Janice, did you happen to take any pictures? It would be great to post them here!  A Morel in November truly is a prize!-Chris M

November 8th, 2001: Invisible Shroomer, found chanterelles,  general location: I was hunting for cubensis and I found pounds and pounds of chantrelles. Near the town of Alsea, Oregon out in the Fir Tree forests. Seem to like it more around larger fir and spruce trees.

November 15th, 2001: marc nicostrate, Found  morels!, - general location: CHILE SOUTH AMERICA, Growing Conditions: UNDER OAK TREES, Additional Comments: I HAVE 100 kgs for sale. Can I come down and hunt with you?- Chris M.!

November 16th, 2001: Becka, found? other, - general location: san Antonio, Tx  Growing Conditions: cow dung, (the next day) after a storm, ground still moist as well as dung, Additional Comments: I have a mushroom book and was looking it up but I have no match the closest would be psilicybe but there are as many differences as there are matches. they were of the three shapes, convex, flat (when very mature) bell(when sprouting). they have a brown tip fading down to gray at the edge of the cap. they are velvety all over... I don't know if that is the veil or not. the gills are black and close together as well as attached to the stalk. the root is bulbous and the stalk is hollow about half a centemeter thick and white velvety membrane on that as well. Becka, send a photo, maybe we can ID for you!- Chris M.

November 30, 2001: Phil, found chanterelles,   general location: Northern California - greater Bay Area, Growing Conditions: The usual...under oaks in duff with poison oak. Additional Comments: After a slow start, things seem to be picking up. We seem to be in a regular rain pattern. Compared to last year, things are running about a month behind: if my memory serves me well, I remember picking chanterelles on Oct. 17, 2000.

December 2, 2001: We have had strange weather here in North Florida. October was colder than November, and we finally got some rain and now have puffballs and Lepiota fruiting. -Chris M.

December 3rd, 2001: (He is just now reporting what he found last spring) Huck, found morels,  general location: North Central Texas, USA.....Wise County in between Chico and Alvord on Chicken Creek, Growing Conditions: From the last two weeks of March to the first two weeks of April I found morals on the creek banks or a few feet from Chicken Creek, mostly growing in dead leaves under cedar trees and occasionally oak trees. I never did find any too far from the creek bank, which is a usually dry except for heavy rains that flood the creek in March and April of every year....however there was a drought from 1996 to 2000, I having been searching for morals since 1997, not noticing them until the heavy rains in early 2001 in which they sprang up in mass numbers. Additional Comments: This is my first time to the page, and I haven't looked around much so there might actually be recipes for morals here, but if you don't it would be cool to have recipes for morals such as soups and dishes....most of the time I just fry mine in olive oil and season them or bread them (and I'm such a poor cook I usually can't taste the mushroom cuz I put too much batter on 'em)....yeah but anyways different cooking techniques would be nice

Decmber 3rd, 2001: John Shubzda, Pluerotus, "Oyster" - general location: Blaine, TN, Growing Conditions: On logs in creek bottom

December 23rd, 2001: David Clement, found: kind of mushroom?: Don't know what type it is. Could it be edible? - general location: Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, Growing Conditions: lowlands, Additional Comments: tops 3 - 4" diameter, flat, light to medium brown in color, stems taper from 3/4" to 1/2" at top, long stems 3" to 6", top surface has a sheen. Are these edible?

December 23rd, 2001: Stephen Sadvari, found oyster mushrooms,  - general location: Centerville, Delaware , Growing Conditions: On tree on the side of an open area along the  side of road 12/23/01

December 27th, 2001: These pictures were taken on Christmas day 2001on my property in Mendocino County, California. This mushroom and another smaller one were growing  underneath a manzanita bush on the north side. Thank you for the i.d. I  found your website while trying to identify this online. Here are two more  pictures of the same one if you are interested. Sincerely, Daniel Kvaka

December 28th, 2001: Tim Geho, found Hericium, Blewits, Coprinus Comatus, Cortinarius, Amanitas, & more, - general location: Charleston, South Carolina area, Growing Conditions: Mixed woods, Additional Comments: Still finding mushrooms in this area, even though we have had VERY LITTLE rain.

January 3rd, 2002: John Haines, found Late fall oyster mushrooms (panellus serotinus), - general location: On Bainbridge Island, WA and in Montgomery County, MD, Growing Conditions: Found the Chanterelles on Jan 3, 2002 in area of large Douglas firs. I only found four, but I wasn't really looking and was very surprised to find any. This is an area in which I found around 15 pounds in October. The late fall oysters were relatively plentiful but waterlogged and insipid in flavor. Threw most of them out. These were found in another area of the same woods with much more hard wood.  The late fall oysters have been abundant in Montgomery County, MD in moist low lands (esp along the C&O canal). I have been finding them after rains throughout the fall. Unlike those in Washington, these are a wonderfully tasting mushroom.

January 21st, 2002: Stinkhorns in North Florida.-Chris M.

January 25th, 2002: The first MOREL report of 2002! Kersti Rydell and Mike Snyder, found:  morels, (2) 3" and 8",  general location: California, San Clemente - Southern California. Growing Conditions: Just a block from the beach in our shady herb garden next to bark that we put down as a walking trail. Additional Comments: It was a surprise to see morels in this area. I haven't seen one growing since my childhood in Klamath Falls, Oregon many years ago. I wonder what we can do to keep them growing. We love to cook from our garden - and these would be a real treat! I have emailed back and forth with Mike, and he unfortuneately did not take a picture, but did go into details of his find with me, so it is official! 2002 has now begun! -Chris M.

January 28th, 2002: purple cortinarius, amanita, pluteus, russula, and tons of stinkhorns here in North Florida- Chris M.

Feb. 5th, 2002: Found a large clump of Oyster Mushrooms in Macon GA., -Chris M.

Feb. 13th, 2002: Tim Geho writes:  In about 30 days, I expect to be finding them here in South Carolina. The Season is almost upon us. Not that I'm anxious.

Feb. 26th, 2002: Jeremy Marsh writes:   Haven't been to the woods yet,but I am predicting an early season here in Indiana. I live in Hendricks county in Central Indiana, and, with this late snow that we are recieving, I expect an early rise of their beautiful little heads. The earliest that I have ever found them was on March 29th of the 1999 season, at Turkey Run State Park. I have noticed a similarity of the early conditions. I am laying my ass on the line but I am predicting the third week of March for morels in Southern Indiana. Check back with you then and happy hunting to all!! Jeremy

March 2nd, 2002: Still many stinkhorns here in North Florida.

March 15th, 2002:

The first confirmed report of Morels in the South and midwest region, with a photo of the find, will receive a free one years membership!

March 18th, 2002: The first report of the 2002 season has arrived (for the Midwest and the South)! This report came in yesterday, I emailed him back to see if he could include a photo, he did, below......

John Wolfe, found  morels! - general location: Adams County, Southern Ohio, Growing Conditions: On sunny hillside under Hickory trees. Found 3 small blacks about 1 inch tall. Couldn't believe it. More rain coming this week and by easter things should be popping. Additional Comments: Conditions are shaping up nicely. Will keep you posted. Good luck to everyone. He replied to my photo request: I still had them in the fridge soaking. My wife made fun of me for keeping such small mushrooms. I got the best picture I could but my camera is not the best. I threw in something for scale so you could see how small they were. Don't ask me how I saw them to begin with, I was rooting around in the leaf litter and just happened to notice them, I will be back this weekend if this cold front breaks up. Will keep everyone posted. I really enjoy your message board by the way. Take care. John.

The season has officially begun!!!!!

March 18th, 2002: mark butervaugh, found flammula velpites,  - general location: monogahelia national forest near beverly west virginia,  Growing Conditions: on dead wood,  Additional Comments: am current president w. va mycological assoc, if anyone gets outr to west va fer mushroom hunting would like to know i am in randolph co west virginia

March 19th, 2002: John Mathews found Pluteus cervinus, and oyster mushrooms near Atlanta, GA.

March 20th, 2002:Michael Schildt, found morels!  - general location: City: Lilburn County: Gwinnett State: GA. Growing Conditions: Very rich lowlands growing from moss.  Additional Comments: I have been checking this location for the past month almost on a daily basis(the fever hit early this year :) but for the past few days I've been sick with the flu. Today I go back to check again and the morels seemed to just explode in only a few days. There were grays everywhere, most too small to pick, even the ones I did pick were fairly small but I couldn't resist :) It took me 30 minutes to spot the first morel but after that I kept spotting more and more and more, you know how them morels blend in with their surroundings. Anyways, I'm very excited about my find and thought I would share with you all.

March 20th, 2002: Miquel from Spain writes: Dear Chris, a friend -Guillem Mir- from the Mallorca Island (Spain), was send to me a escan to your amazing morel recollection, under oak trees. The species are Morchella elata. The morel spanish season begun !! Miquel À. Pérez-De-Gregorio President of Joaquim Codina Mycological Association G I R O N A ( S p a i n ) mycena@telefonica.net  http://www.grn.es/amjc

March 21st, 2002: Breck, found morels,  - general location: Border of North Georgia and middle TN. Growing Conditions: Rich lowlands. Sycamore trees. Additional Comments: Chris, I hunted the areas I told you about this past Sunday and found no mushrooms at a place I know produces. So in four days of a lot more rain and almost flooding conditions I found four very large greys in the same place I looked Sunday. After checking another location within 10 miles found absolutely nothing after the greys today.

March 21st, 2002: Nancy Wright, found  morels,  - general location: North Carolina, Vance County, Growing Conditions: I found three under poplar trees. Have hunted in this spot for  years and this is the first time I have found grey mushrooms, they are usually black..... Will keep going back until there are no more....

March 21st, 2002: mark butervaugh, found scarlet cups,  - general location: found them in the mongahelia national forest near elkins west virginia, Growing Conditions: on oak/hickory leaf debris, Additional Comments: am president of the west virginia mycological assoc. am interested in hearing from all with an interest in west virginia mushrooming can be reached at sassafras26253@yahoo.com

March 22nd, 2002: Tim Geho, found morels,  - general location: South Carolina. In the Middle section of the state. 115 Esculenta - 3 lbs. Growing Conditions: Bottom lands. Near Ash trees. It appears they were just beginning to fruit. It is a week later than last years first find. Additional Comments: YAHOO!!!!

March 22nd, 2002: Angie Hopkins, found morels,  - general location: Tennessee, Growing Conditions: High elevation underneath wild rose bushes...underneath popular trees.

March 22nd, 2002: Eddie McMillan, found morels,  - general location: Knoxville Tn, Additional Comments: hello everyone......well.....I couldnt stand it any longer and had to go look, March 21 I went to my favorite spot, were we had the foray last year (the club hunt) and I found 12 !!!! its a little early yet, usually I start getting come around the 25th of the month but I got lucky and got a few early ones, season is about ready to fire up and I'll keep you guys and gals posted on my findings, Chris has a picture of the ones I found and he'll post a pic of them, but thats just a sample of things to come !!!! Good luck to all this season !!!!!....Eddie

March 25th, 2002: Andrew Berki writes: Just wondering if anyone is out there from Oregon and if they are finding any blacks yet?? I am going to Portland at the end of this week from Michigan and if anyone is finding any yet I would really like to know. Thanks in advance!

March 25th, 2002: Connie Brown, found  morels,  - general location: Crossville, TN, Growing Conditions: Found growing on bank

March 26th, 2002: Avannayank Avich, (A brand new member to the club! Welcome!) found lactarius,  - general location: I found them in New Orleans Louisiana USA, Growing Conditions: I found them in a muddy, humid, fertile, and shady swamp like area.  Additional Comments: It has alot of holes, it's sticky, and it slime gushes out from pores in the mushroom.

March 26th, 2002: Tim Geho, found   morels,  - general location: Central South Carolina, 51 Esculenta,  Growing Conditions: Ash trees in floodplains

March 28th, 2002: Michael Kuo writes: Additional Comments: Here's an invitation to morel hunters: Using data reported at this wonderful site, as well as reports on several other mushroom discussion boards, we are compiling weekly U.S. maps that demonstrate the south-to-north progress of morel season. Please feel free to check them out at http://nt2.advant.com/kuocgi2/morels/progress_2002.html. Michael Kuo, MushroomExpert.Com

March 29th, 2002: Tony Breeden, found morels,  - general location: State: Georgia, County: Fulton, Growing Conditions: Rich lowlands around oaks. Additional Comments: The morels that I found were small but I found enough  for a meal :-)

March 29th, 2002: Brad Goodwin writes: we call the mushroom that i found a beef heart, - general location: Was found in Floyd County,Indiana, about 4 miles outside of Greenville,IN. Mushroom was found on Thursday,3-28-02, which is pretty early in the year for this area. Growing Conditions: Was found in a brushy area, under some cedar trees. Additional Comments: I went hunting today, Fri. 3-29-02, in Clark County, IN., where i live, for about 2 hours, but i did not find the first shroom. The woods are starting to green up, so it is only a matter of days before they should be coming on strong!

March 30th, 2002: Chuck Crouser, found morels,  - general location: Athens, Alabama, Growing Conditions: rocky hill side, Additional Comments: This was the first hunt this year

March 30th, 2002: Jamie Carson writes:   - general location: south of Marion,Il. Williamson County. Growing Conditions: East facing mining hills, not many trees here. Additional Comments: Two different friends have found small black morels, one finding 15 the other finding 20  both on east facing hills south of Marion on March 28th, I've yet to be so lucky.

March 30th, 2002: Nancy, found morels,  - general location: Charleston W.V, Growing Conditions: Popler trees in the grass

March 31th, 2002: mike mustin, found morels,  - general location: Found a few black morels in west central Indiana, Parke County, on 3/29/02. Very small in size, but enough to get excited about. Mike, Growing Conditions: Small patch of dead trees. Lots of cover.

March 31th, 2002: Angie Hopkins, found morels,  - general location: Claiborne Co., TN, Growing Conditions: Hello, everyone! I went back to one of my favorite spots on March 28th and found 45 tan morels. Temps were cold...36* with snow flurries. It's been very wet here...flooding so, I expect the season to pick up some in the next week.

March 31th, 2002: Tim Geho, found morels,  - general location: Central South Carolina, Growing Conditions: Near Ash trees, Additional Comments: 24 pounds in 2 days hunting for my fiance and I. The three others in our group found about the same quantity. It is the peak of the season here in the lowere altitudes. All Esculenta.

March 31th, 2002: Lance Slattery, found  morels,  - general location: Southern Oregon, Growing Conditions: under manzanita on slopes especially old burn areas, Additional Comments: would like to find more info about true and false morels also buyers

April 1st, 2002: Tomi Oehlschlaeger, found morels,  - general location: Found near Eddyville, KY. Near the lakes, Growing Conditions: . We always find these ones along an old gravel road under pretty heavy leaf litter.  Additional Comments: We found about 30 morels this past weekend!!!(March 30) We've had a couple of near 70 degree days, lots of rain, and relatively warm nights (40 degrees. These were the first of the season for us. (Hallelujah!!!) We actually thought that it might still be a little too cool for them, (The May apples aren't even out here yet). I thought that the blacks came up before the others, but most of the ones we found were grey. We did find a couple of blacks, but no half-frees yet.

April 1st, 2002: Roxanna, found morels,  - general location: 10 miles south of Portland, Oegon, Growing Conditions: Around Cottonwood trees in leaf debris in sandy areas at river banks. Just barely showing on the warmest sides of the banks. Just 8 small black morels, but with a little rain and a few more warm days,I have high hopes!  Additional Comments: Just one more thing....People, please stop raking up the ground and leaves under the trees looking for "buttons". It can't be doing the morels any good!

April 1st, 2002: Gary Lewis, found Oysters mushrooms.,  - general location: Rising Sun, Indiana (Ohio County) Growing Conditions: lowlying area (creekbottoms) along a major creek ...was looking for morels in hopes that they warmer weather had brought the season about ... looks like it wont be long and we are going to be filling the fridge ... conditions are ideal with the temps still a lil low but with all this rain we are going to have a great season ... or so it seems Additional Comments: if anyone is near the southeast corner of indiana and would like to get together on some shroom hunts e-mail me at IN_Wigeon@yahoo.com ... good luck to all and have a safe and fruitful season

April 1st, 2002: Charla Campbell, found morels,  - general location: Grayson Cty, Texas. Growing Conditions: My 3 year old and I went out today (April 1st,02) and this is no joke, we found 22 yellow morels. They are in late this year as it has been dry. She saw the 1st one. If you spotted 1 you could rake some leaves around it and find others. I was so excited I didn't pay that close attention to conditions, but I think mostly under oaks. WE Just had alot of rain so the ground was moist. The mayapple's were up and some kind of black hollowed out shroom looking fungi as well. Happy hunting.  Additional Comments: They were mostly medium in size there were 2 really small ones so I know they are just starting good. I couldn't resist to go ahead and get the 2 babes as I was afraid I would miss them the next day or 2

April 1st, 2002: connie jackson, found  morels,  - general location: clarksville, tennessee, Growing Conditions: under poplar trees

April 1st, 2002: Joseph Hafner writes: Hi Chris,  Here is a photo of some morels i found today in charlotte, tennessee. I found them all under cedar trees facing south on a hill. I ran out of daylight, going tomorrow and hope to find more. Joseph Hafner

April 1st, 2002: Fred, found  morels,  - general location: Sherman ,Texas  , Growing Conditions: mostly around cedar & oaks along a creek on my land

April 1st, 2002: Mike Walls, found  morels,  - general location: Oakwood, Hall County, Ga  , Along RR tracks, flood zone area, Growing Conditions: low 70's, rain past couple days, good black soil, Additional Comments: Only found a couple, still about a week early. Last year this area produced around 300-350 for the season.

April 2nd, 2002: jeremy faber, found morels,  - general location: naches,washington , Growing Conditions: in cottonwood stands, Additional Comments: still way too early for any quantity but hopefully with two more weeks of warmth and some rain we will start it up in the river basins. Also for the person looking for info on a buyer in southern Oregon write me and I can give you some help.

April 2nd, 2002: j. smith, found morels,  - general location: central indiana,. Growing Conditions: west facing slope,under walnut and ash trees, Additional Comments: first one of the year,earliest ive ever found,its now officially on in indiana..

April 2nd, 2002: Steve, found morels,   black morel, - general location: near salem, IL, Growing Conditions: on hillside near ash trees

April 2nd, 2002: larry harp, found morels,  - general location: 2 hours south of St. Louis in state park, Growing Conditions: big timber, small grays, Additional Comments: very small and hard to find the first one.

April 3rd, 2002: Breck Davis, found morels,  - general location: Madisonville, Tn. Growing Conditions: Under Cedar trees and Sycamore trees facing South. Additional Comments: Chris, I have hit these areas since the earliest part of the season. Last Thursday before heading to Il. I found one. Today I found 65. Yellows have just started to come up. Today is the first I have found greys under cedar trees in Tn. I hunted in central Il. this weekend to no avail. I plan to hit Il. again at the end of this month as well as central In. Pecuiliar that near the cedars there were obvious wash out trenches from the flood rain conditions with greys fighting to get through the debris. They were all very large greys so say the least. Has anyone ever tried a black light at night to find greys that are known to be in a particular area. I feel embarassed to elaborate!!!! This is an interesting thought..... Maybe they would show up very plainly with a black light at night.... Has anyone tried this? Let me know- Chris M. EMAIL

April 4th, 2002: Jamie Carson, found morels,  - general location: East of Marion,Il, Growing Conditions: around old decaying logs in older forest,all around 3" in height. south facing hills.  Additional Comments: Still can't make a meal out of my finds-I'll just admire them for now and wait for more...

April 4th, 2002: George Harris, found morels,  - general location: Well I am back from my first trip of the season. early yes but we picked 6 doz. beautiful morels. From 1/4 inch tall to 3 inches. I am sorry the exact location is ******. Right thought I would give up the info that easy. Ok we were outside in the woods. Hah- Hah ok We were in the woods and hills outside of Lexington Va. 4 other spots are bare at this time. Look for my Pa listing coming soon I hope. Growing Conditions: In and around tulip poplars. facing south-east direction , Additional Comments: Boy they are really tasty. Hope everyone gets their fill this year.

April 4th, 2002:We found these small blacks on April 1st while visiting my mother in Pike Co. Indiana. (Petersburg area) Happy Hunting!  Dave & Robin Haggard

April 4th, 2002:Ernie Paquette, found morels,  - general location: Cheatham County, TN,  Growing Conditions: Under mixed hardwoods, on SouthEast facing slopes.

April 4th, 2002: Eric Engelking, found morels,  - general location: Grass Valley, CA, Growing Conditions: In a new building development. Earth cut last year  was covered by chipped bark and wood. On 3/25, after the weather turned warm, they came up everywhere.

April 4th, 2002: Tony Breeden, found morels,  - general location: State: Georgia County: Fulton,  Growing Conditions: Lowlands area with dark rich soil. Additional Comments: Found twelve morchella esculenta. They were good size this time between 2-3 inches tall.

April 4th, 2002: John, found morels,  How many did you find?: only a few, more, Where did you find them- general location: First of the season for me, and I suspect most folks up here, is a 1 1/2 inch Morchella angusticeps. These are the blacks found east of the Rockies in the US. Elata is the black found west of the Rockies. This was found under tulip poplars on a rocky, east-facing slope in upper Montgomery County, MD. I suspect it will be a couple more days before these become readily visible(A readily visible morel--that's an oxymoron if I ever heard one!)

April 4th, 2002: Craig Beach, found morels,- general location: found two in Morgantown West Virginia, Growing Conditions: found under big poplar in my (gravel) driveway

April 5th, 2002:Chris found two morels, one gray, one yellow, under an ashe tree in Macon, GA.

April 5th, 2002: Jim Reppeto,  found morels, - general location: Yazoo County, Mississippi, Growing Conditions: Scattered in leaf litter in rich lowlands of mixed hardwoods. Additional Comments: This is the first time I have seen your site and did not see any reports from Mississippi. I found the first morels on Monday April 1, and have found 21 so far this week, the largest being 7 inches tall. Most are in the 3 and 4 inch range. These were all found on our 26 acres. I am originally from western Missouri and learned to hunt in 1966. I hunt, and enjoy eating, many different varieties. Most people do not realize thet Morels do in fact grow this deep in the south. In the deep south, I have yet to receive a report of a black Morel, only yellow/gray ones, so I am not sure if the black ones do grow this far south, or is it that you would just need to go out in Jan. or Feb, to find these? -Chris Matherly

April 5th, 2002: Gregg Gundersen, found  morels, - general location: Bergen County, NJ, Growing Conditions: Under old cherry tree. Additional Comments: This is the third year in a row that morels have popped up under this tree. Pretty consistent but small harvest (6 this year). This year they were unusually early (April 4th).

April 5th, 2002:Sally, found  morels, - general location: Casey co.,ky, Growing Conditions: in the woods near our house. under trees and on tje hillside.

April 5th, 2002:Tim Geho, found morels,  - general location: South Carolina - central 6 Pounds ,Growing Conditions: Bottom lands near Ash Trees. All were mature, no fresh ones. It appears the season here in the lower elevations is about over.

April 6th, 2002: Jamie Carson, found morels,  Where did you find them- general location: S.E. of Marion,Il, Growing Conditions: So.facing slopes near Ash trees. Additional Comments: My first meal of the season. They were soooo good, well worth that (11 months) of waiting.

April 7th, 2002: Lars, found morels, - general location: Manistee County, Michigan, Growing Conditions: River Bank, Additional Comments: Very early, April 6th. Found two small (1/2 in) morels. Quit to let the rest grow up. Should be some to pick next weekend. We use mother's day as a rule of thumb but there are a few spots that come in earlier.

April 7th, 2002: Allison Goree, found morels,  - general location: Mt. Vernon IL On south-east facing hills. Growing Conditions: Decayed logs andleaf covered dirt. Additional Comments: I found about 10 small black morels and they were very fresh. They were all around the same hill area. And height ranging from 1"- 2"1/2. WOW BIG!! haha

April 8th, 2002:

Travis Henshaw, writes:Haven't had any luck, yet. Conditions look great, just haven't been "at the right place at the right time" I'll be in touch...

Mike Walls found morels,  - general location: Oakwood Ga., Hall County, Growing Conditions: Me and my 'shroom partner, Homer "The Beagle" McCaluey, found a couple of hundred this weekend. Some nice ones, around 4" tall. We're finding them along the creeks in the flood zone area and beside the RR tracks (off into the wetlands). Thet're poppin' up good now, it seems every place we decide to look we find them. One person ask if there were black ones this far south, well I found my first black one. All the others have been gray and white. All the soil has been good and black, and very moist. Good hunting. Additional Comments: I can't believe how many of these good ole' boys down in Ga don't know what morels are. When I ask them they think I mean the kind you find in the pastures!!! If they only knew what they were missing!!

Vicki found morels,  - general location: Hardin County, KY, Growing Conditions: On a warm hillside near dogwoods, tulip poplars, and sassafrass trees

Andy, found morels,  - general location: PA, Western PA, Westmoreland County (about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh), Growing Conditions: Bottom slope of a south facing hill, with some moss in the area. Additional Comments: Well they are here! I got about 15 all nice size, left 2 small ones there. This is the earliest I've found or looked for them!

Justin Branham, found morels,  - general location: Letcher Co. Kentucky, Growing Conditions: Rich lowlands and under sycamore trees

Tomi Oehlschlaeger, found morels,  - general location: Eddyville Ky, Growing Conditions: along a gravel road, that used to have an old railroad running through the area, Additional Comments: I believe that the morels that we have been finding here are blacks. I initially thought that they were greys because, well, they looked grey! However, I now believe that they were just very fresh black morels. We found 25+ last weekend (March 30), and the conditions at that time were VERY wet. I went back April 2 and found 15 more. We only found 10 this weekend(April 7). I don't think any more have popped since last weekend as we have had cold weather and no rain. How much longer after the blacks do the half-frees come up? Less than a week most of the time.....How about the yellows?  Two weeks or longer....The leaves aren't out on the trees here yet, so it's hard to identify them. Anyone think the season is later than last year?  It is definately at least 7-10 days later than last year.- Chris M. Happy hunting!

Jamie Carson, found morels, - general location: West Frankfort area,Williamson Co. Growing Conditions: Around tulip trees in low land. Additional Comments: Found 12 grey morels, this is the first time I've found more greys before finding the blacks, only 10 of them and I've been hunting heavy in my usual spots.

Terry Johnson, found morels, Where did you find them- general location: Oregon, Portland near Emanuel Hospital in the City! Found first ones (Black Morels) on 4-02-02. Today (4-07-02) I am seeing half a dozen new ones popping up. They GRow quite fast! Over the course of eight hours I watched four new ones pop-up! I am now waiting for them to get big...then I will gobble them up! Yummy! Growing Conditions: Found in newly developed area at edge of bark dust. I know the grounds keepers in the area and no pesticides have been used on ground.

April 9th, 2002:

Cody Shields ,found  morels,  - general location: I found the Mushroom in Monroe County IL , Growing Conditions: I found them in a oak tree forest, Additional Comments: I have always enjoyed mushroom hunting

bob, found morels, - general location: garret county maryland, Growing Conditions: pouplar trees south facing ridgeline slope, old apple ochard, most were black morels . with a few half morels, eairlest ever found them, but glad there up!!!

Steve, found morels,, black morel, - general location: salem,IL, Growing Conditions: found in flat woods under amixture of oaks and ash trees, Additional Comments: found 24 with a few 3inches tall

Taz Collins, found morels and  Beefsteak[false morel]or red, Where did you find them- general location: I found them on the outskirts of a forest where there were downed limbs piled up due to our icestorm just to the south of Belton Mo. Growing Conditions: They were just underneath a HUGE root ball. Additional Comments: Ive always considered greys and blacks the same,just the blacks are older greys...it was strange because we've been in a drought and not too warm so I was suprized to find anything,but it did rain[FINALLY}yesterday...good luck yallll!!!!!!! Greys and blacks are two different species. Blacks are tannish colored when very young. Greys turn into yellows with age.-Chris M.

dave spriggs, found a morel - general location: daviess county ky, Growing Conditions: edge of woods in large area of small green plants, dont know what kind of plants they are. Additional Comments: only found one morel (black). there will be probably around 200 black morels and several hundred half frees in the next few days as well as the greys

Marcus Wicks, found morels, - general location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.100 miles south of St.louis, Growing Conditions: Old Timber woods, around walnut and elm trees, Additional Comments: The season here has begun for both black and grey..sunny days after recent rains will increase the yeilds

Elaine Toles, found morels, - general location: Maury County Tennessee, Growing Conditions: in a circle of Ash trees and near a dead tree, Additional Comments: was visiting brother and the cool spell definitely hurt this year. Only found 16 all together and all but 2 were very small grays

Jeremy Marsh, found false morels-Gyromitra Esculenta, - general location: WestCentral Indiana in Hendricks Co. Growing Conditions: on a hillside growing in rich soil and leaf litter right next to a large White Sycamore, Additional Comments: I have been combing the surrounding woods, trying not to disturb too many leaves and flora... It does seem that there are probably some small blacks around here but I am not trying to be too ambitious or impatient as I do know that they will be up through the dead leaves soon enough... Happy hunting to all and if there are any cute gal morel hunters out there, come find me. It is even rarer!! to find a good gal then a morel

Tony, found morels, - general location: I have found a few every year in my yard on April 2, 2002. Independence, Oregon, Growing Conditions: edge of grass line and bark dust, Additional Comments: What is the best conditions in Oregon to find Morels? I haven't been able to find any in the woods. I don't think they grow in the areas where Douglas firs are because there just isn't enough sun light and the ground is to mossy and there is not enough leaf foliage. I'm originally from Indiana but the conditions in Oregon are quite different. Somebody please help. fidlert@pacifier.com

skip west, found morel, - general location: Pawnee Co.about 60 miles West of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Growing Conditions: mushrooms were found around very old elm tree along side a old roadbed. Road was closed around 1957 to make way for the lake,they were under tree and in the roadbed.There are other places that look better but this place produces year after year.  Additional Comments: Everything is behind this year.This place usually gives up its bountiful harvest March 31 but with our late cold spell and lack of moisture set things back 7-10 days.these were all greys some real small ones4-9-02

April 10th, 2002:

Richard L. Rucker, found a morel,  - general location: Independence,MO bout 75 miles south of kansas city, Growing Conditions: strip pits around a dead elm, Additional Comments: Well after about 2 hours in the woods i came home with one lone 2 inch gray morel. After a 1 1/2 hour drive south from Independence and two hours in the woods its not much to show for my effort. WE NEED MORE RAIN. the woods were dry and the water levels were way down in the strip pits I hunt. I think next week will be the week that things start gettin MAGICAL. Seems like things are about a week late this year. Good luck to all my fellow shroomers. Rickwieser

Paul Utterback, found morels,  - general location: Holton,Kansas;Jackson County, Growing Conditions: River bottom on bank facing south-dead cottonwoods, Additional Comments: Only found 4 and they were small. Temps are up but still need more rain(forecasted for tonight)

Mark S., found Black Morels, - general location: Teutopolis,Illinois (Effingham County), Growing Conditions: Flat woods under ash trees, Additional Comments: Just starting to come up hoping to have more by this weekend.

Troy Nalley, found morels, - general location: Union County, Kentucky, Growing Conditions: found 7 blacks in gentle rolling hills facing southeast. Under gum trees. Morels are still small, here. 1-2 inches tall.

April 11th, 2002:

Taz, writes: no shrooms today! - general location: Man if anybody knows any indians[that do rain dances]send them to Kansas City Mo.It rained pretty good the other day and the forests are still really dry.Please pray for us... Growing Conditions: deperate mushroom hunter!!!! Additional Comments: Please send rain!!!!

Pat Diamond, found morels,  - general location: We went looking this morning and found 5 yellow morels and they were in a wooded area near poplar trees . I live in Monterey TN

Skip West, found morels, - general location: Pawnee Oklahoma, Growing Conditions: Around the same Elm I found them under on the 9th bigger greys and some huge yellows probally will all be gone after the weekend hate to see that happen its over so fast found 114 total.Cant wait till next year.

JOHNNY I, found morels,  only a few, - general location: SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY , LAWERENCE KANSAS, Growing Conditions: ALONG THE WAKARUSA RIVER UNDER COTTONWOODS

Sondra S. Wood, found morels,  only a few, Where did you find them- general location: Eldon, Missouri (Miller County), Growing Conditions: River bottoms of the Osage River. Next to Elm tree saplings. First of the season for me. Approximately 1/2 inches tall.

Eddie McMillan chatted with me and told me he found about 50 black morels today in Knoxville, Tenn.

Chris Matherly, Webmaster of the club writes: Things are starting very slowly, and late also. There are also areas that are in extreme drought. Last year also was very poor in many areas. Lets hope that the weather will soon change for the better! I have been hunting in the deep south, did made some "discoveries" today. Found about 75 total Morels in Georgia. Click Here for details.

HI folks ,this is Jim Christou ,Meldreth,CAMBRIDGESHIRE, in ENGLAND.My report is thus.I went to my favourite hot morel spot which is Morden Grange Platation which is around a huge chalk pit.I forayed for 2 and ahalf hours ,got 3 morels[esculenta] about 3 in. and 2 tired legs.Situation here folks is much same as yours.Should be a good season but desperate for RAIN.nice to talk to you ,keep us posted on news adio for now!

April 12th, 2002:

Mitch , found morels, - general location: Giles County, Virgina (southwest virgina mountains) Growing Conditions: found Blacks, Around grassy wooded hill area (facing south) with a few poplars, and apples.  In another area found TINY whites around dogwoods.  Additional Comments: Morels are coming up around the large poplars much later. seem to finding morels around apples and dogwoods now

Terry Davenport, found morels, - general location: Found them in Central part Oklahoma,Lincoln County. Around the Wellston area. Growing Conditions: Mostly under dead leaves, around cottonwood tress. Along steep banks. Additional Comments: I found 43 April 10 and then 63 on the 11th. But had to work for everyone of them. We still need some rain. Most of mine were tans a few blacks. Yum

John Plischke, found morels, - general location: Mt Pleasant, PA , Growing Conditions: Under Wild Black Cherry Trees, Additional Comments: I picked more than enough morels for a meal. The season is about a week early here in PA this year.

craig beach, found morels, - general location: morgantown wv, Growing Conditions: under poplar in my backyard, Additional Comments: found 2 yesterday and 2 today.its supposed to rain sat and sun!!!

Taz writes: I'm going down towards Table Rock this weekend.Its only 50 degrees[when they said it would be 70]and the southern rain wasnt that good.Central northern Mo.got some good rain and I'll be up there in 2 weeks...good luck to all!!!

boxer48717@yahoo.com, found morels, - general location: next to a patch of dead elms on a hillside in lafayette indiana

Jim Christou, found M.Esculenta, - general location: ASHWELL,SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE ,ENGLAND, Growing Conditions: ASH,Sycamore,Hawthorn,Elder,but i think the important trees are the ash[fraxinus excelsior] and Hawthorn [crataegus monogyna]on light loamy chalky soil, Additional Comments: These mushrooms at this location are rare .I've found 9 fruiting bodies on three visits.Additionally M.Semilibera grow on same site but not yet this year.They need wetter conditions.

KAREN S. HERTER, found morels,  - general location: GOLDEN EAGLE, ILLINOIS, Growing Conditions: FOUND THEM UNDER ELM TREES GETS A LOT OF MIDDAY SUN

Eddie McMillan writes: hey Chris........ I went today and got 74 more !!!!!!!!!!!.... Knoxville....got some good pictures and I sent you some of them to see...... Thanks Chris....... Eddie, there is also one that I didnt know what it was, but it took a good pic !....lol Click here to view

April 13th, 2002:

elpro@nalu.net writews: A friend and I headed south from SE Indiana to SW Kentucky.We found 130 greys 4-11-02 along a creekside among poplars, ash ,black cherry.Made the long drive worth it.Heres some pics of what we found.

Jeff, found elephant ears,  - general location: Jefferson Co., Kansas Growing Conditions: Found one 1 inch morel on creek bank in rich sandy soil. Found two elephant ear mushrooms near the morel.

linda, found morels,  - general location: My son found 8 small black and 3 tiny gray morels in Crawford County, IL. Growing Conditions: They were growing near a creek on the west-facing bank.

BRIAN HESS, found Coprinus micaceus, - general location: Lawrence, Ks Growing Conditions: base of dead cottonwood, Additional Comments: Went out to Kansas river bottoms today; no morels yet (should be soon, conditions are good), but found many Coprinus micaceus ("Mica caps") which I'll try for the 1st time, probably cooked in butter on toast. Anyone else having any luck with morels in NE Kansas? By the looks of things, they ought to be up any time now; been checking spots from last year ( this is my 2nd year morel hunting), but no luck. If Johnny I is out there, I wanted to thank him for turning me on to the joys of Whitetail shed hunting. I've found 6 so far this past winter; a beautiful 5 pt., 3-4 pt., and 2-3 pt. No pairs, though.

 Carolyn Karns, found morels,  - general location: Louisburg, KS , Growing Conditions: I found about a dozen gray morels while I was out turkey hunting. They were in a stand of elm trees. Some of the morels had already turned yellow. They were growing where the sun gets to them. The 160 we were hunting on has been allowed to go completely wild. There are several head of cattle that have free range on it, but it's a combination of scrub brush, woods and a few clearings.

superiorj, found morels, - general location: kansas city mo, Growing Conditions: along missouri river along river band, Additional Comments: the ground was moist we need one or two more good rains any those little guys will be up

Ryan West, found morels,  - general location: i found these morel mushrooms in southeastern jefferson county in Louisville, Kentucky. Growing Conditions: they were on northeast facing hillsides and the majority of them were towards the top of the hillsides. Additional Comments: I found something that i have never seen before in my life and i think it is a rare find!! i found a cluster of 10 grey morel mushrooms that are small in size now because they just popped up, but i have already photographed them and as they grow i plan to take more pictures of them until they are ready to harvest. all of the years that i have hunted morels the most that i have ever found growing together in a cluster was 3. i have never seen or heard of 10 growing together in a cluster? let me know how rare this find is and if you'll have ever seen something like this before!! i would like to send in the pictures once i get them developed if anyone is interested in seeing them?

Chez, found morels, - general location: Found about a dozen last Tuesday ~ left 4 small ones ~ Perry Lake area north and west of Lawrence, Kansas, Growing Conditions: At edge of clearing ~ south slope ~ dead oaks & looked like hickory or hackberry trees, Additional Comments: Gonna return tomorrow (Sunday) and harvest what I left...hopefully others have popped up and the deer haven't got them yet!

Anthony Tassinello, found boletes,  - general location: Northern California/Bay Area, Additional Comments: Well, Chris...so much for an early morel season, I've been 4 times to the Sierra's with nary a morel. It is just too early, did manage to find a few perfect spots that will surely produce in the next several weeks(there was plenty of cup fungus) but it seems the season is about 2-3 weeks behind normal. We're good on weather though a sprinkle wouldn't hurt. So what do you do when you've survived the worst chanterelle season in recent memory and you're waiting on the merkles to pop? Check your PORCINI spot. Here is what I found this morning...the white No.1 was about 3 inches below ground.

Dan Keig, found morels,  - general location: Perkins, Oklahoma, Growing Conditions: Under cedar trees in the bottoms near Cimmarron River in Perkins Oklahoma.  Additional Comments: Found enough for several meals. 75 or more good size yellow morels.

dave spriggs, found  morels,  - general location: daviess county ky, Growing Conditions: in the woods, by a little ditch.  Additional Comments: rained last night. some mushrooms were old blacks the others were half frees.

harold crim, found morels,  - general location: on the bluffs in adams co. ill, Growing Conditions: under fresh dead elm trees in deep ravines facing south. Additional Comments: two or three of these grays looked to have been up for a couple of days.

j.smith, found morels, - general location: central indiana, Growing Conditions: under ash and walnut.dead elms, Additional Comments: cold snap over yeehaa lotso rain..found greys and half frees..fifty in all.. good luck everyone!

April 14th, 2002:

Since the rain (2.5 inches) last weekend here in central Oklahoma, and the warmer temperatures, the mushrooms are up BIG TIME! Tuesday, the 9th, I found 145 fresh grays and yellows, again on the 10th. I found 315 yellows and some grays, and last night I found 104 yellows and grays. The season here is in full bloom! This is the best year yet for morels in central Oklahoma that I've experienced. Buckeyesgk

Sandy Simmons writes:  This is for Tony in Oregon. email me and I will tell you where to find lots of morels in Oregon not far from where you live. ssimmons@olypen.com

Gary Lewis, found  morels,  - general location: South-East Indiana, Growing Conditions: near ash,and elms, Additional Comments: found the first morels of the season on the 11th (4 blacks-1/2"-3" tall)picked the 2 of the larger shrooms and watered the others ... as of today they both show growth. hunted the 12th with no finds .... the season seems to be late by at least 5 days ... on the 13th one of my duck hunting partners and wife took me to one of his woods ...we ended up finding 45 blacks (2"-4"tall) and one small half-free ... also found an eagles nest with a pair tending to it ...what a sight!!!! we will be going back with cameras in hand ...after hunting with them there was still some light left in the day so i figured i might as well make use of it ... in no time at all i found 15 half-frees along a steep south facing hill ... ill be back in the woods in the morning .. it seems like the season is at least 5 days behind as we hit some of my early woods and found nothing ... if they dont come up soon it is going to be very hard to find the smaller blacks as the vegatation is! not waiting for them to break out of the ground .... good luck to all and have a great season !!! in_wigeon@yahoo.com

bruce, found morels, - general location: found in north east georgia , Growing Conditions: in rich lowland areas, Additional Comments: we found 20 small grays in rich damp area, all were in one location of about a twenty foot radius. this is the first time i have found morels in georgia. thank you.

John Lawson, found morels, - general location: Marshall County, Ky. Growing Conditions: Hardwoods with lots of deadfall

Chris Matherly, webmaster writes: I hunted all day in the rain in several locations of NE Alabama, found no morels! Did find some bright orange waxy caps.

angela morel - general location: St. Louis County, Missouri, Growing Conditions: Five small blacks growing along roadside in woods; near oaks

Mike March morel - general location: Crittenden, KY (Grant County) Growing Conditions: In my my Mom and Dad's Lawn under pine trees. The ground is very wet. Additional Comments: I think this will be a great year. It is wet and warm.

Denton Bragg morel - general location: Newport, TN.  Additional Comments: Hi Chris! I've been looking almost every day for the past 3 weeks in the woods behind my studio. I had reports of 50 or so blacks found in the Norris TN area about 3 weeks ago. They just started here-I'm in a much higher elevation. Today I found around 10 esculenta, left the smallest to grow. Our earlier cold spells definitely retarded the season, but the conditions are excellent now. These were in poplar, oak, pawpaw, hackberry, and cedar thickets popping up on the slopes and along a flat path on all exposures. Also, my friend Bob Lilly in Columbus, NC found yellows along a private road cut next to a black rat snake (a mycorhyzal association?) ! Happy Hunting!

Tom Farren morel - general location: Found in Siler City, North Carolina Growing Conditions: Found near a small creek near some poplars.  Additional Comments: Only found two, but that's already better than last year. It was kinda dry but they appeared to be fresh. only about 2 inches tall.

Bill morel - general location: An undisclosed location near Baltimore, MD. Growing Conditions: Beside a stream in very rich soil (and one near a fox carcass. Yum!)  Additional Comments: Five blacks and one yellow large enough to pick. One black too small to pick. They were rather dry so we arrived just in time. We would post pictures, that would mean we would have to wait even longer before we could eat them.

Tony Breeden - general location: Georgia Additional Comments: I have went out the last three days with no luck. It  looks like the season may be over for central Georgia. I will try going north this week. If anybody has found any morels around the greater Atlanta area recently please post a message. Thanks...

Terry Krug morel - general location: Joplin Missouri Growing Conditions: 1 grey found in old mined ground drainage ditch next to elm tree sapling. Additional Comments: weather has been kinda dry here - could use some rain. A friend and I looked for 5 hours and only found one grey.

April 15th, 2002:

Chris Matherly, webmaster, found 1000 fresh morels in Washington, DC, but the IRS came and took them away for tax payment.........

Max Day, found beefsteaks,  - general location: I found them in La Cygne, Kansas, Growing Conditions: I found mine about 2 feet from an old tree that was still standing but im not sure what kind of tree it was but there was some other dead tree limbs laying on the gound. The mushrooms I found were on the crest of a hill about 200 yards from a creek , Additional Comments: THIS PAGE ROCKS

JOHNNY I, found OYSTERS,  - general location: LAWRENCE KANSAS AND GARNETT KANSAS, Growing Conditions: MOSTLY AROUND ELMS, Additional Comments: FOUND A GOOD MESS OF GOOD SIZED YELLOWS AROUND  GARNETT KS ON THE 14TH AND FOUND 20 GOOD SIZED  GREYS THIS MORNING , THE 15TH , AROUND LAWRENCE KANSAS . GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SHED HUNTING SUCCESS BRIAN , I HOPE YOU DO AS WELL HUNTING MUSHROOMS . I ALSO FOUND SOME NICE FRESH OYSTERS AROUND GARNETT ON THE 14TH . I'VE NEVER FOUND THEM THIS TIME OF YEAR . ANYBODY ELSE ?

James, found morels, - general location: Lawrence, KS along the north river , Growing Conditions: in a sandy area among some young oaks.  Additional Comments: only one little yellow, but I beat my husband in finding the first morel of the year. The hunt is on!

DOUG WILTZ, found morels, - general location: POTT county, Kansas,  Growing Conditions: Kaw river bank near oak trees

Chad Peebels, found morels, - general location: Pittsburg, Illinois, Growing Conditions: Hillside facing to the West that blends down into a creek. Additional Comments: I am finding most of my mushrooms on the peeks to about 10 feet down the hills this year. In years past most of the shrooms in my area have been along the creek.

Charles Richmond, found  morels, - general location: Athens, OH...Athens/Morgan county border. Growing Conditions: These Black morels, (Morchella Esculanta), 22 blacks and 1 grey were found on the ridgetops in an area that contains many vines, much moss, and plenty on thorny bushes. This spot is always the first area we find morels each and every year. Additional Comments: So far the morel tally in our area has been poor, they can be found only by the serious hunter. It's really not worth it unless you truely love the morel. We got about 1.0" of rain 2 days ago, so I'm hoping things will pick up.

Todd Carpenter, found morels,  - general location: Putnam Co.,TN, Growing Conditions: Cedar trees near water. Additional Comments: Been looking in my favorite spots and just now found some.Going again today!

John Haines, found morels, and agaricus campestris Where did you find them- general location: Upper Mongomery County, MD. Found over 2 lbs of blacks from April 12 to 14. Most on rocky east-facing hillsides. Found only 2 half-frees so far. I think the season for blacks will peak this week. Temperatures will be in the 80s all week. Also found an unusual spring fruiting of agaricus campestris (meadow mushroom) on the 10th--enough for two meals (excellent).

tammy, found morels, - general location: Found in Indiana. Growing Conditions: On steep hillsides. Additional Comments: There would be a lot more morels to find if some people would keep their butts out of my woods.

April 16th, 2002:

Robert Thomas, found morels, - general location: wapello county,Iowa, Growing Conditions: under a dead oak tree , Additional Comments: we find these little grey mushrooms in our front yard every spring.

Andrew Briel, found morels, - general location: I found 43 Half-Free morels in Will County on 4-14-2002. They were just poking through the soil and the heads were 1 1/2 - 2 inches (edible by all means). Start vacation on Thursday for 10 days of non-stop picking. Good Luck to all. Chicagoland Hunter-Morelmaniac Growing Conditions: They were in sticker bushes that were unbearable.

Terry French morel - general location: Greene County Tn. and Sullivan County Tn. Growing Conditions: The most were found on a mountian ridge. Then I found a few white Morels at the base of a mountian in Greene Co.. Growing in moss covered with a few leaves. These were the first white ones I have ever found. Going back there in a day or two!!!

Taz , morel, - general location: 1 Morel about 2 1/2" tall in Belton,also over the weekend about 4 or 5 lbs beefsteaks at Truman Lake. Growing Conditions: The 1 morel[after 2 1/2 hrs]in a slight valley in the middle of a forest,the reds were just off the bank of the lake around a dead tree[totally dead couldnt tell you what it was,maybe walnut]  Additional Comments: Ive never eaten beefsteaks...how are they prepared and what do they taste compared to the morels...also its about 90deg here and totally dry,does this speed up the season in our area or kill it[the weather has been the same up in St.Joseph Mo.but they got rain]or will it wait for rain????

Mark R, morel, - general location: Harrison, Arkansas (Boone County) Growing Conditions: On south side of the hill under Cedars

Andy, morel,  - general location: St louis County Missouri. 5 brown mushrooms good size. 4 inch. no greys . 45 minutes to find. late season this year... Can't wait to fry them up!!!

TIM SUITER, morel,  - general location: KANSAS CITY MISSOURI, Growing Conditions: UNDER DEAD ELMS IN REAL WET AREA , Additional Comments: NEED RAIN BAD

tac,  morel,  - general location: Washington County, Tennessee, Growing Conditions: Under Oaks along slide stream, Additional Comments: Found half a dozen Yellow Morels on the 15th of April. Had gone there the week before and found none. Not sure if Morel season is late this year, or I am looking in the wrong spots.

John Conrad, morel,  - general location: Iowa county, Iowa. North of I-80, Growing Conditions: hilly timber under dead elm trees. Additional Comments: found 19 medium greys.

April 17th, 2002:

Jason Ewart,  morel,  - general location: all over Idaho north and central , Growing Conditions: fresh burns from summer forest fires and slash burning from loggers. open areas and under logs in direct sunlight.The heavy snowpack this year may be a contributing factor. Additional Comments: These black morels are the best and I reccomend them sautee`d with butter and garlic for a special treat!

Rick N., morel,  - general location: 4/13 found 11 blacks and a friend found 30-40 blacks in Jefferson county, KY. All were 3-5 inches tall and found in poplar woods on or near the crest of a northeast facing ridge.  4/15-16 found 22 yellows, greys & tans in Mammoth Cave area. all were in poplars woods with most of them on northeast facing hills.

Belva Thomason, morel,  - general location: Grayson County, Kentucky, Growing Conditions: Ash trees, rich sandy soil, also around Mayapple, Additional Comments: When we first moved here about 10 years ago, we found over 4,000 morels that spring (we have about 40 acres of woodland), as the years go by, I find less and less. I would like any information on how morels grow and if there is anything I can do when hunting them to make sure they return the next spring. Should I give the woods a rest for a couple of years? I just don't want to do anything that will wipe out the morels completely? Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. Belva, one good thing that you should always do is use a mesh bag, not a plastic bag when you pick morels, this will let the spores fall out and spread. I even go to the point of blowing 2 or 3 times on each morel to blow the spores out...--Chris M.

Stephanie Weber, morel,  - general location: Our Farm in Northern Casey County, Kentucky , Growing Conditions: Under a group of Apple trees near our home; we live in a forested Knob region in Central Kentucky. Additional Comments: This is my first morel discovery on the farm. When I first saw the mushroom, I had no idea what it was. At first, I thought it was some type of wasp nest that had fallen off the tree to the ground. As soon as I touched it, I knew it for what it was!! So Excited, I jumped on the the computer to do a search on google. I found this page. Thanks for letting me post. Stephanie, glad you found us! My Great Grandfather help build the court house in Casey County, KY, he married a "Casey", hence the name "Casey County". Do you know any Matherly's there? I used to hunt "Dryland Fish" with my cousin "Doc" Matherly- Chris M.

 mitch, im not sure that you received my morel finds i submitted over the site, (work firewall) so i am emailing them 2 dozen found in Giles County, Virgina. 1 dozen blacks found in a wooded but grassy hill around poplar trees and old apple trees. On another hill, found TINY whites (some dry) around dogwoods. Both hills are facing south. Please explain why these whites are so small. They are normally good size.

brian h., morel, - general location: Lawrence, Ks, Growing Conditions: Along south facing banks of Kansas River, Additional Comments: found my first morels of the season 4-16-02; only 2 5" yellows (?). We could really use some rain in NE Kansas, at least around Lawrence. Also found a nice mess of Coprinus micaceus, which I added into a mushroom pasta. Had the morels for dessert!

Tomi Oehlschlaeger, morel, - general location: Ballard Co. Kentucky, Growing Conditions: Under tulip poplar trees on sloping areas. Additional Comments: We found close to 400 morels this past weekend! (April 14) We visited a friend's farm that where we had successfully hunted last year. This year though, most of the morels we found were greys or yellows. We only found a few half-frees and blacks. Last year we found mostly half-frees, so we were very excited with our find this year. I happened upon an area that I've only dreamed about before - I found 57 greys in about a 6' by 8' area. The biggest surprise was finding a small bed of morels in my own yard upon our return home. I thought I was hallucinating, but sure enough, we found 6 - 7 large greys. Imagine that - morels in my own yard! (they were growning under a ginko tree)

Michele,  morel, - general location: St. Charles County, MO, Growing Conditions: On steep hillside with lots of oaks and a few large cedars, under alot of briars! Additional Comments: Found six black today and six yesterday in the same spot. Very hot here and I am surprised that we haven't even seen any half-frees! Need lots of rain.

Brad , morel, - general location: VERY SMALL, Near Iowa City, Iowa, Growing Conditions: In moss around lowland brush piles. Additional Comments: One good rain should get them poppin...

GRANVILLE SMITH, morel - general location: Missouri,Butler ,Bates, Growing Conditions: Maples and oak trees west facing slope , Additional Comments: greys and blondes

Mike, morel, - general location: John Day, Oregon, Growing Conditions: They are all over in the woods here. Big huge ones! Buckets full! Additional Comments: Getting $7.50 per lb. from buyers everywhere. I have made $500 in the past 2 days.

Mike Waters, morel, - general location: Pitsburg, KS Crawford County. Mined Land. Growing Conditions: Rich Lowlands covered with leaves. Additional Comments: Wefound about thirty morels on April 17, 2002. It was our forst decently successful trip.

chad marshall, morel, I find a large one called hen of the woods(That is slang im sure) Where did you find them- general location: I find a great deal of all my Morels around eldorado Illinois. Eldorado is in Saline county. Growing Conditions: The bulk of my finds tends to be in semi lowland areas. although I find the bulk of my blacks on the south side of small hillsides. Additional Comments: Thus far ive found around 400 black,white, and yellow morels. Just like to tell anyone in southern illinois not to give up yet becuase the yellows are coming on strong.

Sandy, morel, - general location: Centre County, PA, Growing Conditions: near rotting pine tree, Additional Comments: just one puny grey, at a site i use as an indicator. but this is the earliest.

jeff armstrong, morel, - general location: chris i found 4, 3little & 1 nice grays on river bank south of hannibal mo. saturday i found 1 small yellow in collinsville il. need rain, Growing Conditions: soft elms leafy

Sherry U, morel, - general location: YeeHaw! Found my first dozen and a half of nice greys/yellows 3-6 inches all in a 6 foot area. (Convinced now that greys are young yellows) It was getting dark, so I am off again early tommorrow. Wish me luck! To my brother Jeff in Mich...they were just yummy! Growing Conditions: I found them on a south facing slope of an old apple orchard. I do believe that this is the earliest I found such good sized yellows...maybe well developed greys. Had 2 very hot days after a nice few days of a good soaking rain.

kenny , morel, - general location: broken arrow oklahoma, Growing Conditions: along a small stream along the turnpike within 100 yrds of the stream under chinese elms..with light plant growth and some shade..some fresh..most starting to die off..found about 20, Additional Comments: heading to southeast oklahoma tomorrow where there have been some heavy rains in recent days..p.s. the ticks are out

d-rock, morel,  general location: Lawerence kansas.  Growing Conditions: Found under elms in nice moist soils. Sunny osuthern exposer. Additional Comments: It's been a year since i found my last morel and now i remember why i hunt these magical mushrooms. there's is nothing better to satisfy the stomache than morels.

msmith, morel, - general location: Lees Summit, MO, Growing Conditions: Public land. Ground very dry. Red Elm damaged by a pine in the ice storm. In the pine needles (which, convienlently, hold moisture).

Peter B., morel, - general location: Pierce and Snohomish Counties, WA, Growing Conditions: Found under cottonwoods, Additional Comments: Working in the woods in western Washington State (Pierce County) I found a variety of morels I am familiar with which has a loosely and incompletely attached cap which grows under cottonwoods in our area. I brought them home (Snohomish County) and my son tells me "oh, we have those growing out in our driveway". I investigate, end sure enough, growing amongst unsplit madrona firewood which has been laying around for a year are a dozen or more mushrooms which look just like morels I am familiar with except the cap is firmly attached to the stem -- no gap between the stem and the cap. Any Pacific Northwesterners familiar with this variety associated with madrona?

Bridget, Snow Morel , Where did you find them- general location: LaSalle County, Illinois, Growing Conditions: Near a creek in thick timberland. Found my first Snow Morel, understood to be poisonous, it was fairly large and very moist. It got my hopes up to find some real morels, but nothing yet, there is a storm on its way, so that should help.

James Breidecker, morel, - general location: Illinois, Waterloo, Monroe County , Growing Conditions: Top of Bluffs along mississippi river bottoms

April 18th, 2002:

TAZ, morel, - general location: south of Belton Mo. Growing Conditions: all over around a lot of Locust and downed trees from the ice storm... Additional Comments: I thought the drought would kill us but we had one humid overcast day and I said"what the hell,I need to get in the woods".sure enough I found over 100. most were small greys and blacks but some were up to 4" and very fresh.Im not going to work today and will be picking ticks off for awhile,but it only happens once a year.This weekend we expect alot of rain and the season will go crazy...good luck to all...later!!!!

mark butervaugh, morel, pluteus cervicinus-"fawn mushroom" - general location: monogahelia national forest near beverly west virginia, Growing Conditions: in mixed hardwoods,predominatly tulip poplars, Additional Comments: finally found 27 black morels!!! the season has begun!!! i am president of west virginia mycological assoc. am interested in hearing from all mushroom hunters....chanterelles are usually real good out here...any one interested?? please contact me!!......sassafras26253@yahoo.com

Gary Lewis, morel, - general location: Dearborn and Ohio Counties Indiana, Growing Conditions: south facing hills near dead and dying ash trees, Additional Comments: have found 324 morels so far almost all half-free .... im kinda new at the shroomin thing but i think im catching on (this is my 3rd season) if anyone could help me out it would be appreciated ... i have been checking the many woods i find yellows and half-frees in with hopes to find some blacks ..... but i have yet to find any ... the woods my friend took me to looks similar to the ones i have been looking in and i have yet to find a single one !!!! if ya can help me as far as types of soil, trees, vegetation, pointer plants or anything .... e-mail me at in_wigeon@yahoo.com ... thank you and yall have a great season ... this heat is really puttin a hurtin on the shrooms ... temps posed to fall and so is the rain ... this weekend the greys should be up ... wooooohooooo!!!

George, morel, - general location: Found 13 blacks and one small grey, in central Indiana. Growing Conditions: They were found in the clearings of tulip populars.  Additional Comments: It will be interesting and maybe somewhat disappointing what this extreme heatwave will do to the season. The morels seem to like all things to be in order. This near 20 degrees to near 90 degree weather we've had the last two weeks is a shocker to all living things.

DAVE & SANDY, morel, - general location: MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA.  Growing Conditions: FOUND BLACK MORELS NEAR SOME DEAD ELM TREES. FLAT LAND WITH A LOT OF MAYAPPLES AROUND. Additional Comments: STILL A FEW DAYS TO EARLY. WITH THE RAIN WE ARE GOING TO GET THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WE SHOULD START SEEING THE TAN MORELS.....WE HOPE!

James, morel, - general location: North of Baldwin, Kansas, Growing Conditions: Near creek under dead elms. Additional Comments: Also found a couple of pretty big beefsteaks in the same area.

kenny, morel, - general location: found a few yesterday but today in the same small patch of woods in the city limits of tulsa oklahoma, Growing Conditions: under a area of chinese elms in still moist fertile soil 50 yrds from a small creek, Additional Comments: i seemed to have my best luck about 2 hrs before nitefall the sunset seems to darken the surrounding enough to allow the mushrooms to stick out like a sore thumb

Jeff Herring, morel, - general location: Huntington IN.  Growing Conditions:  Finally found 23 greys in small apple orchard. Left 6 small ones to see how they grow. Additional Comments: Season is just begining for us. Good luck to all and good hunting.

J. Morris, morel, - general location: oklahoma, down in our basin by the lake where we live, in large shady hedgerow, always damp from watering lawn, Growing Conditions: growing 4-10 inches tall, orange and reddish, Additional Comments: new to this thing, which they were psilocybin

Kirk Ertel, morel, - general location: Morrow Ohio warren county, Growing Conditions: mixed wood's maple,oak,ash,elm and cedar very heavy ground cover, dead leave's vine's etc. rcast oh yea! ps. great site!

Chris Matherly, Eddie McMillan, and "Red", found 194 black, gray, and yellow morels in Union County Tenn.

April 19th, 2002:

 Terry Johnson, morel, - general location: Found more Morels...this time right outside my front door in Portland OR. This is my first year looking for Morels. Can't seem to find them anywhere in the woods. But seem to find them in the city! Also found what I believe to be Oyster's First time find so I am a little wary...They were growing on the West side of a dead Alder tree, Light tan, short off center stalk, Smelled kinda bad. I did not obtain a spore print. I will go soon and get some for further analysis... Growing Conditions: Morels were found in edge of bark line, no grass present. Growing conditions were identical to shrooms found on 4/2/02.

Brian, morel, - general location: Northern Ray County, MO. Growing Conditions: South facing slopes near elms(live and dead) with good sun exposure. Additional Comments: 2 of us found 31 greys in about 2 1/2 hours. Left about a dozen that were dried up.

Marlene Inkley, morel, - general location: West St.Louis County, Missouri, Growing Conditions: Pine trees and on south facing hillsides, Additional Comments: We went hunting for morels on the 15th of April in West St. Louis County, Mo. Should be the perfect time of the year, but the Mayberries aren't blooming yet and when they do---they're out there. Supposed to get alot of rain this weekend and they should pop up after the rain and the sun comes out. They're a little late this year. I think they will be up around the 21st or 22nd of April---that's when we will look again. The only thing we've brought back so far is ticks.

Christa Cox, morel, - general location: Bellefontaine, Ohio, Logan County, Growing Conditions: Various wooded , Additional Comments: Not finding too many yet. Hope to find more this weekend since we had rain in the am and temp is supposed to drop!!!

johnny i, morel, - general location: douglas county kansas, Growing Conditions: elms in rich soil, Additional Comments: went out early this morning and found 22 yellows some the size of a volkswagen . things should be  real good the next few days with the cool temps and rain .

Jim Beckham, morel, sponge, - general location: Toledo OH, Growing Conditions: Under oak and pine trees in light humus on an easgtern slope, Additional Comments: the past two and a half weeks. We .3 inch rain last night and temperature in the high seventies today.

Curt Hiatt, morel, - general location: Oklahoma City, OK , Growing Conditions: Under & near evergreen trees on a recently mowed lawn! It's not supposed to be this easy. Takes the sport out of it!

Jeremy Marsh, gray morels, - general location: Hendricks County, Indiana. Growing Conditions: lowlands by a creek clustering around a live Elm. Additional Comments: I have been scouting the woods for the last five weeks and had began to give up hope finding those precious morels until this morning. Encountering a few pleasant people on my regular hunting grounds and congratulating them on finding a small gray and a snakehead, I commenced to searching a several acre plateau. Much to my chagrin, not a single morel was to be found. My brother was searching some lowlands and I lost sight of him. Upon his return home for lunch, I became very excited when he presented a bag of fresh morels. After lunch we descended to the side of the creek I had erroneously neglected searching, and I felt like crying, for there were a dozen more gray morels to be picked and a few that we marked to check over the next few days. our total so far today has been about three dozen and we are about to head back out. Don't give up people!! There will be morels in your future too. It seems the majority are hiding in the tangles and beneath the leaves now. Good luck and thanks for this site Chris Matherly!!

Tony Reed, morel, - general location: My early spot, produced 7 small greysbut the 90 degree temps for a couple of days will do somthing, but the ground is so dry very dry. Peoria County Il. road ditch at bridge. Additional Comments: 4 singles and a triplet, what a way to start!

russell peery, morel, - general location: grassy hill side near columbus ohio found 80 april 17 found 48 april 19 , Growing Conditions: i checked the lowlands to wet this hill side was kind of dry but the morals were fresh

rick rucker, morel - general location: about 75 miles south of kansas city, Growing Conditions: around elm trees it had just rained the nite before and conditions were perfect. Nice warm rain started after I was in the woods. Additional Comments: Found a large grocery bag full to the top. Mostly yellows and whites with a few of the big grays startin to come up also. biggest was 8 inches. All were fresh and beautiful. It doesnt get any better than this

April 20th, 2002:

Debbie Cummings, morel, - general location: South Central: Decatur County, Iowa, Growing Conditions: Oak forest, middle to top of south facing hill. Additional Comments: 130 1 to 2 inch morels found, most were yellows.

Rick Conley, morel, - general location: Central Ohio, Madison County, Growing Conditions: Under diseased elms, Additional Comments: Was out for several hours this morning, conditions are perfect, The season is upon us!!!!

Bob Rozzo, morel, - general location: Ellwood City P.A. Lawrence co. Growing Conditions: under dead elm (bark just starting to slip)some mixed in with mayapples  , Additional Comments: found some dryad's saddles too

Ffiltar, morel, - general location: Heber Springs, Arkanas, Growing Conditions: Around the lake, near sycamores, Additional Comments: Spray yourself, the ticks are bad this year! We have had bookoos of rain, hoping the season lasts through this weekend, we are hungry!!!!

Anthony Tassinello & Ben & Phil, morel, - general location: El Dorado National Forest, Growing Conditions: Roadsides, 2nd year logged areas, IN SNOW!, disturbed earth. Additional Comments: For the third year in a row I've found the first morels of the delayed season in a spot that I can only assume is a "natural". I don't know much about this occuring in No. California so any thoughts would be appreciated. Normally, I hunt exclusively in 1st year burns or logging slash a few weeks after the snow melt and find the regular stuff...gyromitra, half-frees, a variety of cup fungus, spring Boletus etc. and the same held true yesterday. The scraps of Boletus we found were dined on furiously by a furry woodland creature complete with teeth marks and all, it seemed to like the moist tuber-like gills the best. As for the morels we found about 60 blacks and blondes in 2nd and 3rd year logging. We just got about a foot of snow this past week in the Sierras so even at 3000' they were popping up thru the melting snow. It should be a season to remember...the wildflowers are just begining at the lower elevations as well, CA. Poppy, Lupine, Indian Paint Bru! sh and the Dogwood trees are all waking up.

Jack Rose, morel, - general location: Clinton County Ohio, Growing Conditions: Mixed trees ash, oak, elm. Lot of decaying logs. Heavily wooded. Additional Comments: We've just had a lot of rain and storms. teperature in the 70's but dropping this weekend.

Hugh Urban, morel, - general location: Columbus, OH, Growing Conditions: along olentangy river under dying elm, Additional Comments: me and my dog found one small yellow in a spot where we have found many nice big ones in the past. we also found a bunch of nice big agaricus bitorquis coming up in hard ground along sidewalks

david w smith, morel, - general location: Washington County Md. Growing Conditions: found a dozen in old old grave yard under polar trees and some elm. Found a dozen and two days went back and found two dozen more.

tim mickem, morel, black sponge,and pop -ups, - general location: northeast indiana, Growing Conditions: rich high ground apple groves & dead elms , Additional Comments: ppl need to learn not to pull the roots, instead pinch them off undisturbed, ppl that don't know how to harvest roons should stay home or just pay someone to hunt them for them. But no they would rather go out and take it upon themselves to go out and ruin great hunting areas for those of us that have hunted these places for years without harming the spores. Seeing these pic of mushrooms are nice ,but to those that pull roots and all makes me sick. If you wanna hunt them then at least take the time to find out what you're doing first. don't ruin it for all of us

Amanda, morel, - general location: Mishawaka, Indiana, Growing Conditions: They were under oak trees in a small forest.

LARRY, morel, - general location: Found 63 morels on the 19th in Leavenworth, Kansas in two small areas where I find them every year. Found 20 more on the 20th in the same areas.  Growing Conditions: Small areas of woods with a variety of dying trees, including elm. Found about 25 half frees along a creek bank in the woods and about another 20 small to medium blacks and greys in thickets. Also ten or so fair sized yellow in the field right next to the woods. The rest were medium greys in another small patch of similar woods I hunt, but this patch is in a small basin with no creek. Additional Comments: I am glad they are finally here. I have been looking every day for the last week with no luck. With the rain we are getting this weekend, the sun should really get these bad boys to popping in the next week. Good luck and happy shrooming. Thanks a lot for this site, I enjoy it quite a lot.

Bill & Julia in MD, morel, - general location: Near Baltimore, MD. Growing Conditions: On a hillside among Beech, Tulip, Persimmon or Paw Paw. Big ones seemed to stick close to a small leafed shrub with tiny thorns. Additional Comments: One I thought was a tiny black (1") last week had balloned to a 3" yellow. When we found 20 we were excited, at 50 we were ecstatic. By the time we were finished (150) we were feeling a bit delirious. Left plenty of small ones for next time. Perhaps the earthquake shook them out of the ground?

Dora, morel, - general location: West of Indianapolis, Growing Conditions: Bottom of hill around a dead elm, Additional Comments: Went this morning found 2 blacks and 15 grays. Grays were 3' to 5'in. A few you could tell were up more than 24 hrs. But the rest were fresh. They say it's gonna rain here most of the day on Sunday, so I have high hopes of of a good Sunday night dinner!:)

Tim Cunard,  morel, - general location: IOWA, Near the Missouri River, Harrison County, Growing Conditions: Around a tree stump, Additional Comments: There is over 100 mushrooms in this one clump, never before has this happened around our area. I have taken several photos and plan on having a news crew photo this massive cluster of shrooms.

chris payton, morel - general location: GARRETT INDIANA. Growing Conditions: i found 600 grey morels in a lush mossy apple orchard,,mixed with shagbark hickery & dead elm trees... i hope to find some yellows in a couple of days..ill keep posting my finds...and also keep me posted on your finds @ Clever@You@yahoo.com....happy hunting. Additional Comments: some people think that morels dont grow good in verry hot weather, but thats not true..i've been hunting for 6 years and found that a little rain and some sunlight is all they need.even if its a litle bit of dew in the morning thats plenty enough.

Josh Lankford, morel, - general location: Montgomery County Ohio, Growing Conditions: Under small bushes near a creek, through dead leaves, close to downed trees, Additional Comments: Was just wondering how long the season last in Ohio? Should last until May....Chris M.

April 21st, 2002:

Jani Myers, morel, - general location: Now now...a true mushroom hunter does not reveal such information...heheheee....Willard MO, Greene County, Growing Conditions: It has been pouring down rain all day with no sun...found my best harvest in years this year on the water soaked undergrowth of cedar trees if you can believe that... Additional Comments: I love this site, however...cannot join due to shortage of funds for this...thank you for letting me share my thrilling experience this year...been rough the last couple years...this was truly a treat....!

Bob, morel, - general location: Southern Centre County PA Got only 1 yellow yesterday (4/19) 155 today (greys and yellows,) most were just pushing through; although, a couple of today’s finds had been up at least 1 (of these last few hot weather) days. Earliest ever for so many. Does this means the season will end early too? Supposed to be cooling off and wetter than the past several seasons, Growing Conditions: Apples & elms, Additional Comments: Hi Sandy

Bryan S., morel, - general location: Canton Mo. Growing Conditions: under small elms, neen some son to realy get them popping. had plenty of timber looks good just need a few warm sunny days. Good luck to all.

Enos, morel, - general location: Howard county in central Indiana, Growing Conditions: on hillside by dead elm and ditchbank by sycamore tree

Craig, morel, - general location: Kent Co. Michigan, Growing Conditions: poplar trees hilly terrain

cyndi, morel, - general location: plymouth,indiana marshall county, Growing Conditions: lowlands, Additional Comments: had just come up overnight. small but plentiful. cold and rainy here. mid 40's. kinda raw out.

The Martin Family, morel, - general location: WV, Blackwolfe Creekbank, Growing Conditions: under birch trees; the soil was very sandy and damp in sunlight

kevin, morel, - general location: Delaware county central ohio, Growing Conditions: Little gray morels under apple tree. First of the year for me. hope lots more to follow soon. High 80s the last few days and now a rainy cold front this weekend.

shawn,  morel - general location: in saint joseph missouri in hte bluffs, Growing Conditions: under oak tree,found 21 decent size in the hills half grey some white

sucker4red@core.com , I am reporting 107 grey and half frees found this weekend in Scioto County Ohio! Most all were found on north facing slopes with many poplar trees. Sizes were from 1/2" to 3" and it looks as though the best picking is yet to come. I have attached a few photos for posting if you wish! Good luck to everyone, this is looking to be a wonderful spring. Sure beats last year! Thanks John Wolfe

Bill & Julia in MD, morel, - general location: April 20, Near Baltimore, MD. Growing Conditions: About 25 in same spot we hit before, 80 on a ridge over a mile away. Growing conditions & trees: same. Additional Comments: Thank goodness it is finally raining. The second spot looks even better than the first. Thanks to whoever suggested looking on hill tops. The ones we found here were about 2-3", firm and moist. They probably were too small to see last week. For each one we picked there were several that were too small. Will go back next week to see if those are ready to be, uh, liberated, yeah, that's the word. I guess in a way it is a good thing our former favourite spot was wiped out by a tornado. A few more hits like this and we will open our own road-side morel stand.

Mike, morel, Grays and Yellows, - general location: Lewis Co. MO, Growing Conditions: In heavy leaf underbrush, near dead elm. Along a very less traveled road.  Additional Comments: Rains came earlier in the week, but it was very cold today. Found a whole mess of grays and quite a few yellows!!! Warmer weather will be our best frind right now!!!

Bridget, morel, - general location: LaSalle County, Illinois, Growing Conditions: near a dead elm tree and several other unidentifiable dying trees. Additional Comments: Two grays. They were too little to pick (about 1 1/2 inches each but I marked the area, and it should be a great year.

Anthony Willeford, morel, - general location: East Independence, Mo, Growing Conditions: Under good sized Elm tree in the grass. Found 19 of them yesterday. The tallest was about 3 1/2 inches, but none smaller than 1 inch. Went out in the woods todays after rain storms went through and didn't find a one.

jared downing, morel, - general location: in missouri,gower out by smithville lake , Growing Conditions: unusual places actually in grass and on un rich banks 35 grays ,178 yellows , Additional Comments: when i picked them water just dropped right outa them

Richard Fink, morel, - general location: south facing bank elm,ash,poplar.southern ohio, ross county. lot of rain in last two days we needed it. grey and whites will be coming this week. Growing Conditions: found on rich dark hill sides,all sides of the hills are reprodusing under elm,ash,poplar trees. Additional Comments: enjoy the season for it does not last long enough. I'm on vacation next week to hunt all week. have fun, nice site.

The Brocowry gang, morel, - general location: we found about two pounds in the hills that border the missouri river bottom just north of kansas City,Missouri.We only found A couple of greys but the were 2-3 inches tall,the rest were all whites my friends.MMMMMMMM Gotta Getchya some Gotta Getchya some sshroooommmss, Growing Conditions: Most of all of them were in the open but near cottonwoods.alot in one spot if ya know what i mean. Additional Comments: I hope you will put it all on the page, this site is very cool, I'll probably become a member soon, just found ya surfing.By the way,I ain't no hick,BOY!!

Doug, morel, - general location: Hendricks County, Indiana, Growing Conditions: Found on west facing bank up from a creek. Clear dirt absent of leaves. . Additional Comments: Still early in season and we need more rain.

Brent Schwinn, morel, - general location: Kosciusko county,Indiana, Growing Conditions: Around dead elms on sandy hillside facing southeast.Found 21 greys.

Jim Bajkowski, morel, - general location: Iowa---Decatur County, Growing Conditions: near and under old dead trees right across the street from our house.  Additional Comments: we have found several hundred mushrooms just south of our house. We send them to Texas every year so our friends (who use to live in Iowa)there can injoy them as well.  

Ron, morel,  - general location: Elmwood Illinois, Growing Conditions: about half way up the west facing slopes of wooded ravines , Additional Comments: drove over an hour south of home and found 40 grays ranging from 1 inch to 3 inches in size.weather very cool and wet today after last weeks record temps.good luck all !

April 22nd, 2002:

jeane, morel, - general location: STATE FOREST NEAR READING PA, Growing Conditions: UNDER AND AROUND ASH TREES

joni b., morel, - general location: Morels are up in NJ. found 41 in Morris County. very crazy weather here. It was 90 degrees or better then a few days of soaking rains. Now its back in the 50's. Growing Conditions: my husband and I alway fish this river by our home in Morris County and I have been checking for morels here for 7 years and never seen them befor in this area. this is a first. very excited going to check other area up north more. I dont know what kind of tree's but the bark was all peeling off. Probably Elm!- Chris M.

Chrystal , morel, - general location: ohio. licking county, Growing Conditions: Under elm and ash trees. Also found 4 - 3" yellows under some may apples.  Additional Comments: Hope to find more this week. Not sure that I will the tempatures have been too extreme one minute it's 85deg. and today it's38deg. Well see what happens.

craig beach,  morel, - general location: in the woods outside of morgantown wv, Growing Conditions: rich poplar woods - my favorite spot, Additional Comments: found about fifty nice grey morels, plus a small puffball

Frank Hutcheison, morel, - general location: 4/22/02 richmondale,ohio pike county, Growing Conditions: grassy areas along creekbeds, Additional Comments: these yellows were found one day after nearly 4 inches of rain fell.

Mike the Mushroom,  morel, - general location: Versailles, In. Growing Conditions: along side creek and around the mayapples, Additional Comments: Found 20 greys and 15 spikes. Greys were 1 to 3 in. and spikes were 2 to 4 in.

David Warner, in Wayne County Indiana (he was on the Knoxville Foray last year) writes: , I searched the whole woods and only found a couple, and on my way back, i was walking by an area in which i cannot disclose for security reasons, and i just glanced over and noticed a small elm tree that was dieing, by habit i just looked over by the base of the tree and thought i saw something but wasn't sure, kinda backed up and did a double take, it was about 40 feet away, sure enough i spied a shroom, as i walked over to it i noticed another one , then another, well you know how it works , this tree was only about a foot across, and it was right next to a grove of white pines , i cant figure these things out , anyway i found 19 BIG yellows 3-4 inches tall , it sure fill my bag quick, and here i was just about ready to give up mushroom hunting.  well gotta go fire up the skillet. ...Dave...

Charlie & Jeff Herring, morel, Huntington IN, Growing Conditions: Same apple orchard still producing nice greys. Elm and sycamore trees starting to work also. Can't wait for the big yellows, maybe in a week. Happy hunting!

Taz,  morel - general location: Cass County south of Harrisonville Mo. Growing Conditions: Found them near the stumps of cottonwoods next to the Grand River. Additional Comments: Man I found over 300 in 2 days...the first day,it was pouring down rain,and my woman thought I was crazy for going out...I checked a couple of my usual spots,and found a few,but nothing great...I decided on a whim to check out my little fishing hole that I go to sometimes and OH MY GOD!!!I might have found 10 or 12 that was under 3inches...the rest were huge!!!the biggest was 10Inches tall and about 7" around weighing 9ozs.I wish I could follow the season till July...talk to yall next year!!!

MJump ,  morel, - general location: Newville, PA mountain area, Growing Conditions: Morels were everywhere. Wooded area, that lays very wet in the upper mountain side, lots of downed and dead trees of all variety. Additional Comments: Finally found so many we could share with family and friends and have enough left for two more meals. Will be looking again this week.

The Brocowry gang, morel, Where did you find them- general location: FOUND A FEW MORE WHITES GUYS.THE BIG YELLOWS ARE STARTIN IN.SOMEWHER IN THE HILLS MISSOURI.

mushroom hunter , morel, - general location: IN PLATTE COUNTY MO.  Growing Conditions: IN THE WOODS AROUND SAPPLINGS, & IN A PARK THAT I MOW. Additional Comments: YES I WOULD LIKE TO FIND SOME OF THOSE MUSHROOMS THAT WERE AS BIG AS A VW BUG THAT WAS FOUND EARLYER THIS YEAR.

Fcraven, Beefstake (Reds), - general location: Mound City, Kansas, Growing Conditions: Found 12 good sized beefstake. The morels usually come up about a week later in this area. Found these along a hillside leading to a creek. Most were on the southside facing hilllside. The rain this weekend should help out alot!

H. L., grays, - general location: Indiana, Wabash County, Growing Conditions: sides of hills, Additional Comments: very cold April 21st. only in the low 40s for temps. found 6 small grays. think the season is just getting under way.

Chris Santiago, morel, - general location: Lower Swatara Township, Middletown, PA, Growing Conditions: At the edge of my lawn, where it meets the walk way. This is close to the well and not far from the shade of a large pine tree. Additional Comments: This is all new to me. I've only eaten them once at an upscale restaurant. I spotted the first one a couple of days ago while sitting on the mower. Today I was showing that one to a friend when we saw one laying on the walkway. I looked around the edge and found a larger one nearby. They all had been damaged or knocked off at the stem, so I didn't get to eat them. Is it posible thet an animal may have been at them?

Karen & Carl, morel, - general location: Montgomery Cty, Dayton, OH, Growing Conditions: Found them on slight slope next to creek, ground was almost bare earth, very wet, we had lots of rain & then 4 days of mid 80's hot & humid weather, Additional Comments: I hunted mushrooms as a child w/my 5 siblings in MO. These morels were in a neighborhood green space that I have searched for 12 or so years & only found a total of 10 or so. Some were 6 to 8 inches long, whites, very easy to spot in the black soil. It was the 1st time for my shrooming partner, 12 year old Carl! Found them w/in 10 minutes of hunting! Great fun!!!

Ed W., morel, - general location: Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas, Growing Conditions: Creek banks, in rotting elm and miscellaneous leaves, Additional Comments: Have found 1 to 2 quarts each day for the last three days in same areas.

rick mckeith, morel , - general location: wayne county,michigan, Growing Conditions: oak tree in open area, Additional Comments: My friends and I found approx. 12 greys april 17, there about 2.5 inches tall now. Hope this cold snap does not shut them down.

April 23rd, 2002:

April 23rd, 2002:

 Katie Chaney, morel, - general location: Council Grove, Kansas, Growing Conditions: decaying oak and elm

Rick Whisler, morel, - general location: Only found half a dozen.First time out only looked for about 45 minutes after work .Warren county, Iowa, Growing Conditions: Finally had a rainy weekend.Moss covered side of hill,with numerous dead elms fallen all around.Undergrowth really starting to pop up. Additional Comments: Need alot more rain to make this season like last years.

Chad Peebels,  morel, - general location: Pittsburg, IL, Growing Conditions: within 30 feet from the edge of the woods. Close to bases of mature oak trees. Additional Comments: Went out this weekend and found 36 blacks and 22 whites all ranging 3 to 4 inches tall in about an hour and a half. It seems the blacks are starting to slow down but the whites are in full swing and in better numbers than previous years. Good luck and happy shroomin'

JOHN C., morel, - general location: IOWA COUNTY, IOWA, Growing Conditions: FOUND MOST OF THEM ON SOUTH SLOPES AROUND DEAD ELMS AND EDGES OF BRUSH PILES

Mark Holliday, morel, - general location: South-Western Pennsylvania,Allegheny county, about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh. Growing Conditions: On a sloping hillside, facing East, under almost every dead elm we found. It was raining moderately and wet, but not sloppy wet. We found them in open pastures, as well as in extremely thick brambles. We found multiple trees with over 100 mushrooms at each one. Under one dead elm, we found 130 yellows. Additional Comments: In total, we found about 700 Whites, Greys, and Yellows, as well as about 3 dozen snake heads. The yellows were so fresh that we originally thought they were whites when we picked them. Definitely going back this coming weekend!

Fun Guy MD, morel, - general location: Near Baltimore MD, Growing Conditions: At base of large Oak in a mostly Tulip Poplar wooded area. Additional Comments: Finally!!! After scouring the woods for 5hrs on the PA line last weekend with no success, decided to keep it close to home. After work yesterday put in a strenuous 15 min. behind my house and came up with a very fresh 5" beauty (M.esculenta). Now I really have the "itch", the only problem is the presence of the big yellers probably means this shortened season is probably winding down. Happy Hunting to all. P.S. Terrific site!!

Cliff Tracey,  morel, - general location: Found 10 greys and blacks in Fulton County Illinois, just starting to pop I believe. Growing Conditions: Southwest facing hill under young elms in heavy foilage, tough to see. Additional Comments: Finally has arrived in Central Illinois, a little more rain and nice temps and I think it could be a great year for shroonin.

TWM, morel, BLACK, - general location: CLARK COUNTY ILLINOIS, Growing Conditions: ELM TREES, FLAT LANDS, Additional Comments: LASTEST I HAVE EVER FOUND SHROOMS

Barbara Engh, (Who attended the Knoxville Foray last year) morel, - general location: Found 1 little gray in Elgin,Illinois, Growing Conditions: I think 99.9% or the morels around here grow under elms--this was no exception

pam,  morel, - general location: indiana,,,,,jennings county

Mike Turner, morel, - general location: Illinois,Macoupin County, Growing Conditions: near some dead elm trees next to the Lake. Additional Comments: Found 94 mushrooms my father and I on our first trip out. Was very excited. With the rain we'll be getting this week, the week-end is shaping up for some great shroomin' conditions. Good Luck to everyone!

bRYAN,  morel, - general location: LaGrange,Mo. Growing Conditions: Wyaconda State Park under oak trees.Found the most in dark rich soil.After walking for 4 solid hours just so happen to stumble over this small patch.Good luck to everyone, Wyaconda is a good place and lots of room for everybody.

R. Taylor, morel, - general location: Jackson County Michigan, Growing Conditions: dead elms,mossy

Gregg Henning, morel, - general location: beaver county pa, Growing Conditions: under elms north bank. had a week of warm weather and could'nt find any then rain and cold,only found two small yellow. hope things go better when it warms up a bit.

Bob, morel, - general location: Marion, Iowa, Growing Conditions: On Southside of hill facing the morning sun, under a small dead elm. About 40 good sized grey. Additional Comments: Can't wait to chow down on these tomorrow. Sort of glad my wife doesn't like them. Should be two good messes for me!

jkeff krueger, morel, - general location: Babler State Park Wildwood MO. Growing Conditions: lush green valley,near dead elm and ash trees , also silver maples(living)we had approx 4 inches of rain this weekend, low 40 , high 70, Additional Comments: This park was well picked over, yet i managed to find 12 fresh yellow morels all about 6" tall and 2" diameter. i guess last weeks 90 degree temps did not kill them after all.

Joy Family, morel, - general location: montgomery county ohio , Growing Conditions: in rich lowlands, Additional Comments: found 1 black,2spikes,and 127 yellows size1'-3' great day to mushroom hunt good luck to all

April 24th, 2002:

Laurel & Wayne,  morel, - general location: McLean County, Illinois, Growing Conditions: Mixed decid. forest w/ filtered sunlight, under leaves and low foliage. Additional Comments: Found 27 very fresh morels from 1.5 to 3.5" within a limited area. Thought at first they were yellows, because of the size (the grays we have previously found in this general area are usually quite small), but upon inspection at home, decided they are really large grays. First morels for us this year, tho' this is our 4th time out. Most foliage is about 2 weeks ahead of schedule; we're hoping for a long season!

Richard, morel, - general location: Decatur County Iowa, Growing Conditions: I found a few little grey ones. Mainly under oak and dead elm trees. A few more warm daysand the big yellow ones will be popping.

Carolyn Karns, morel, - general location: Linn County, Kansas, Growing Conditions: I know I've already sent in my first morel find, but today blew my mind. A woman I go to church with showed up at my door with about a half dozen very large morels. She and her husband had come home from vacation to find them growing in THE GRAVEL IN THEIR DRIVEWAY. There was even a small piece of gravel still embedded in some mud on one of the mushrooms. The best part is, my friend doesn't eat the mushrooms and brings them to me any time she finds them. I have to say this is one of the best years for morels I've seen in a decade. It isn't difficult to find them just driving alongside the road. I've found 3 new patches that way this year alone. These are the weird kind of photos that I would like to see! Morels growing in a driveway!- Chris M.

Burt Wilson, morel, - general location: Ohio east of New Philadelpha in Tuscawaras Co. Growing Conditions: On hillsides in wooded ares on land that was strip mined years ago, Additional Comments: Found about 90 Morels 3"was largest most around 1 1/2" some smaller.

Ed Jeffress, morel, - general location: Madrid, Iowa Dallas County, Growing Conditions: Des Miones river valley timber near dead elm on the east slop

Courtney and Jim,  morel, - general location: Western Pennsylvania. Growing Conditions: Found about 8 pounds of large yellows and some smaller greys under Tulip Poplars.

Marty & Inez Martensen, morel, - general location: Stone County Missouri, around Cape Fair (Branson area) and also just south of Springfield, Growing Conditions: In woods of oak and cedar around the base of trees.  Additional Comments: I would like to know about finds in NW Florida and also Mississippi. Last year I had a report from Mississippi, but none this year, and I am still waiting for prrof that they grow in the Florida Panhandle. I think it i s possible, but I need to see some photos, and maybe even personally go there to see for myself! The farthest south I have personally found any was central GA. Chris M.

bob swanky, morel, - general location: Shelby County Ohio, Growing Conditions: southwestern exposure slopes in mature elm mixed hardwoods. Not real plentiful, found 35 blacks scattered

russell peery, morel, - general location: near columbus ohio on a grassy slope april 17 found 80 april 19 found another 60 april 22 found 145 all with in a hundres yards of each other all brown morals ,  Growing Conditions: all out in the open not a one under trees, Additional Comments: real funny went a hundred yards in the other direction found one small moral about an in high

Denton Bragg,  morel, Additional Comments: Hello again from Smoky Mountains near Newport TN. Chris, as with the absence of other reports from east TN, the morels here have been in hiding after the first little sightings. The area I use as a gauge has been dry until a moderate rain we had 3days ago. I've just found a few new yellows come up. We have more showers coming, and that should bode well for us. Good Luck to all.

J. Orr, morel, - general location: Jackson Co. Michigan, Growing Conditions: At the bottom of a RR grade under rusty/golden, bark - dead Elm. About 90% sunny. 7 small grey Morel. My favorite cond. is under the "golden arches" of the Dutch Elm desease. W/ dark, semi shaded soil. I love this. Soon, the "Motherlaod", Additional Comments: Turkey hunt in the morning, Mush hunt in the day. Dont get much better!!!!!!

Bass Lake Mike reporting here from Northern Indiana. First photo is of a rare white mushroom found by an apple tree on the north side of a hill, in the middle of a 2 square mile section of woods. Been searching for two weeks and finally they are up! Looks like it is going to be a good season. Love your site and good luck to all the shroomers out there. P.S. Found at least 50 by now but let most of them continue to grow! Picked a few for taste, but let most of them grow!

April 25th, 2002:

Lynnette Keim, morel, - general location: Johnson County, Iowa on the bank of the Cedar River. We found one when we were fishing on April 19th and another one on the 23rd a few feet from where the first one was. Growing Conditions: On the bank of the Cedar in the dirt. This area will be covered by the rising water soon.

mushroom hunter,  morel, - general location: around manhatten kansas in the hills and in the bottoms.we found 318.  Growing Conditions: mustly around elm trees and some around cotton wood trees.

brian nash, morel, - general location: trafalgar indiana, Growing Conditions: in the woods, Additional Comments: good luck you shroomers

Chris Dicus, morel, - general location: Wooster, OH, Growing Conditions: In open backyard.

Bass Lake Mike, morel, - general location: porter.county IN. Growing Conditions: The ones I found five days ago they did not get any bigger. so I picked them I seen about 50 but went back today the 4/25/02.I found 346 i WAS ON my hands and knees for about 2 hours it was well worth it . I thought other elm trees would have some but think there just starting.I found them on the sw side of hill but to the bottom of hill.p.s. send pictures later. GOT TO GO BACK IN THE WOODS. SROOMIN WE WILL GO. SROOMIN WE WILL GO.SROOMIN WE WILL GO.GET ON OUT THERE. HAVE A SROOOOMIN DAY.

Jack writes: My two mushroom until Friends and I went our Wed the 24th. We found some very small white morels and a few blacks. We also found numerous mushrooms that I thought to be pigs ears but did not harvest them. Every place we found pig's ears we found morels. I would guess we found in excess of 150 total but many were very small. Not a bad day all in all. Jack , Indiana

Andy Duffy, morel,- general location: North of Iowa City, Growing Conditions: Near some dead elms. Additional Comments: Found 26 yesterday 67 today. All greys except 3 yellows.

troy smith, morel, - general location: Mahaska county, Iowa, Growing Conditions: southside of hill, under oak trees in heavy brier patches. Additional Comments: about 2lbs. mostly 1 -1 1/2 inches tall, yellow and a few grey.

ErinVeryBusy, morel, - general location: Kendall County IL, Growing Conditions: After hard rain last evening, sunny today found most on west facing slopes, near what I think are ashe trees (don't know my trees very well and this is only my second time hunting). Also found some on flat ground in underbrush under the same type of trees and on the tops of mossy slopes. All very small, 1-2 inches except for one black that was about 3 1/2 inches.  Additional Comments: I'm so excited that they are finally comming up around here. This hunting thing is addicting. May be a stupid question but like i said, I'm a newbie and don[t know much about mushrooms. Do these morels grow larger in size after they pop up? In other words, should we be leaving the small ones to grow larger for our next hunt or pick them as is? Please feel free to e-mail me with answers at: erinverybusy@onebox.com. Good Luck and Happy Shrooming to All! :) Erin, Morels will normally grow for up to two weeks after they first pop up, depending on weather conditions. View the photo below that I took this year in Knoxville, Tenn, showing a 3" mature Morel and next to it, a "baby"....-Chris M.

Mona Westfall, morel, - general location: river bank, Growing Conditions: cut down cottonwoods

LeRoy E., morel, - general location: Atchison Co. Kansas, Growing Conditions: ALONG CREEK, AROUND Maple trees, light brush, Additional Comments: Found 5 pounds on 4-23-02 3.5 on 4-23-02 just a few more on 4-25.

amy faliszek, morel, - general location: Sparks, Nevada, Growing Conditions: I found them in the backyard, they are sprouting from under the mulch. We bought the mulch from a local supplier, it is shredded pine barks. When I first saw them four days ago, there was just a cluster of 12 small morels growing tightly together, and the next morning I saw some more around that cluster. This morning, I saw about 20 more growing about 15 feet from the spot where I first saw them. I am sure I'll find more tomorrow! I am so excited, these are yellow morels, and my last find are somewhat greyish/brown in color. I checked the websites to make sure these are edible, and yes they are! I am so excited! As a matter of fact I picked out 3 and sampled them for today's dinner, baked chicken with potatoes, button mushrooms, garlic and white wine, it was amazing!!

Jason Ewart, morel, - general location: Billings Montana, Growing Conditions: Large open areas that were slash logged and burned. Additional Comments: Still finding quite a few blacks and browns in forest fire areas. this is the earliest I have found morels in the central rockies (Idaho and Montana).usually the season would start three weeks from now and last through june. average sizes have been between 3-5 inches and very tasty!!!

CURTIS VAIL, morel, - general location: Bates county, Missouri , Growing Conditions: 512 so far!!!

April 26th, 2002:

John Lunsford, morel, - general location: Falls City Nebraska very southeast corner, Growing Conditions: on the missour river bottoms in the willow trees, Additional Comments: all mushrooms were yellow anywhere from 3 to 5 inches found at least 8 to 10 pounds

Ben Reyes,  morel, - general location: Fairfield County, while walking dog in the woods. Growing Conditions: unlikely rocky area with sparse vegetation. I could see it from pretty far away.  Additional Comments: It looks like the white or yellowish Morel from your pictures. It's about the size of a Cadbury Egg. I remember my highschool biology teacher talking about how difficult they are to find. Is is worth anything?

T-jo, morel, - general location: Exeter, Rhode Island, Growing Conditions: Looks like I'm the only one on the East Coast so far and definately the only one in Rhode Island. Found in Historical Cemetery in Exeter RI growing along rock wall. Wasn't looking just stumbled upon - great find! Additional Comments: The cemetery I found them in has people being born before the revolutionary war!

jake, morel, - general location: lancaster county PA , Growing Conditions: in an apple orchard

Jim Voss, morel, - general location: Coralville res. north of Iowa City, Iowa, Growing Conditions: timber area on high ground, Additional Comments: I found 77 gray morels all in one spot.

Travis Hunt, morel, - general location: St. Joseph MO, Additional Comments: I just had to share this with everyone. I've been finding morels in the usual spots, along river bottoms and tree lines but I just found a nice surprise. I live right in the middle of town. My yard has a maple tree with a row of iris. I have been dumping my morel water out here for about 3 years. I just walked out the back door and found 15 beautiful greys. How sweet.

redandgold308@aol.com, morel, - general location: Kankakee county, IL. Growing Conditions: Scattered in bunches of a dozen or so.y, Additional Comments: Were finding both greys and small yellows. They were very fresh and the yellow morels are just starting to pop. We are surpose to get a good rain on Saturday, then it is going to warm up and then the yellows will be everywhere!

russell peery,  morel, - general location: near columbus ohio found 150 in about 2 hrs still out in in the open flat grassy field , Additional Comments: these had been up for a few days tops were drying out but 21 were at the 6 to 8 inch levels had a great day

a shroom hunter, morel, - general location: Cedar County, Iowa, Growing Conditions: Dead Elms, brush, south facing slope, Additional Comments: It's a secret place, If I told you.....

Mike Brooks/Katie Chaney, morel, - general location: Central Kansas/Morris County, Growing Conditions: along creek banks, woody area, lots of leaves, under dead trees, Additional Comments: skyeyes@cgtelco.net

mike brooks, morel, - general location: in the wildlife areas at the Council Grove reservoir in morris co. kansas, Growing Conditions: in timber and waterways, Additional Comments: probably have found 500 so far, nothing real big yet, just nice ones

nater, morel, - general location: south east nebraska , Growing Conditions: Last four days have been very productive in the hills. I've been finding alot of greys in plum thickets and around thorne bushes.

Matt Reade, morel, - general location: Lagrange, Indiana- Lagrange County, Growing Conditions: Under and around beech-nut trees, both living and dead. Additional Comments: Found early blacks around this same group of beech-nut trees for the past 25-30 years. Some years more than others, but always enough for a couple of meals. Always the first mushrooms I find in a season and I have never found any other mushroom type in this area other than blacks.

April 27th, 2002:

Linda Trusty, morel, - general location: lousia co iowa, Growing Conditions: on east side of hill creek below, Additional Comments: been cold here. might be a little early yet, hoping there will be more to come.

G W Overfield, morel, - general location: Fort Leavenworth, KS, Growing Conditions: I found them under standing dead elm trees with falling bark.

Melissa Jensen, morel, - general location: Parkville, MO Along the east side of the Missouri River about 15 miles north of downtown Kansas, City MO. Growing Conditions: Finaly after some rain and shine we have been able to locate them plentiful, around dead cottonwood or elms along the banks of the river or creeks. We are on a mission to hunt this  weekend also. I love this time of year. Additional Comments: I have only been hunting morels for about 4 yrs now and am addicted to it. I hope that more young people  will learn to do this, as it is very inexpensive and gives them the oppurtunity to experience nature in a lot of different ways. Always take a camera when hunting.

Anthony Tassinello, morel, - general location: Avery, CA, Growing Conditions: 1st year burn, logging slash, steep hillsides, roadsides etc. Additional Comments: Chris, the 5 empty trips to the Sierras this Spring payed off on Thursday and Friday when some friends and I picked as much as we could before exhaustion set in. We stretched into a two day hunt and found a total of 40.....POUNDS that is. All were found at about 3900' in thick fog! IT IS ON IN CALIFORNIA!

Jim, morel, - general location: Owen/Putnam Forrest, Indiana, Growing Conditions: Under 2 dead elm trees on a flat area next to a creek. Very moist ground, lots of greenery. Additional Comments: Someone had been there before me I saw several bottom parts of stems left!!!

z-man, morel, - general location: Introducing my daughter to morel hunting in Greene County Pennsylvania. She was great. I walked through this area two days ago and didn't see any. Leah started spotting morels within minutes and we got about five lbs from bottom land with poplar, ash, oak.

Herring Family, morel, - general location: Huntinton County, Indiana. About 30 miles southwest of Ft. Wayne. Growing Conditions: We found 49 morels behind our home in an apple orchard on the side of a hill. We also found 71 in one low lying area near sycamores and dead elms. Here it seems that the elms are producing more than the sycamores.

Beengh@aol.com (who was a participant in last year's K noxville Foray) writes: Hi,Chris, Lousy weather--GREAT day. Found only a few till we were on the way back to the car. Tom was called (from above) from the side of the path to check out one more tree. His words, "Barbara, come here" sounded almost like "Lazarus, come forth". A 25 foot diamater spot gave us neary 200 small gray morels! We came home with 170. We did have other pickers, and one was on his first foray. We told him not to get cocky--wait till next year. They only weigh 2# 3oz, but HEY! They're MORELS!! I think we may go back tomorrow. Just think if they had been 6-8 in yellows!!! Talk to you later, Barb Illinois

Bill & Julia in MD, morel, - general location: Near Baltimore, MD.  Growing Conditions: On a ridge among a mixture of trees. Many of them dead. Additional Comments: Blacks, yellows and even a couple of half frees. The sudden cold spell after a week in the upper 80's was not kind to them. Picked about 200 mid-sized ones (2-3"), approximately 1/5th of what we actually saw, but many were too dry, too small or frostburned(?).

David Filippini, morel, - general location: Redhook, New York, Growing Conditions: On a recently disturbed path in the woods. Additional Comments: One deliciosa, 2-21/2 " It was looking up at me. And Later I found it again next to a bottle of Riesling.

Jim Wood, morel, - general location: Pleasant Hill, Pike Co., Illinois, Growing Conditions: Rich lowlands in wooded forest

Garry Wilson, morel, - general location: Kankakee River State Park...southeast of Joliet, Illinois. Growing Conditions: Most productive area was a rather open, mossy area with a couple of dead elms but little residual ground cover (dead leaves, etc.) Mostly gray morels, widely scattered but with the occasional cluster of 8-10 shrooms. Additional Comments: This was my first time shrooming...I think I'm hooked. Not as cost effective as it might be if you factor in the price of the porterhouse steaks I bought to grill tomorrow. (sic)

Tom (who was a participant in last year's Knoxville Foray) , morel, - general location: Logan County, Ohio, Growing Conditions: On the Ridge, Additional Comments: Kate and Tom found 150 Grays and about 30 yellow sponge mushrooms Thursday and Saturday.

April 28th, 2002:

rick, morel, - general location: schuyler neb , Growing Conditions: around downed cottonwood trees, Additional Comments: weater still cold but some mushrooms were 3 to 4 inches tall

Ric Corbin, morel, - general location: Virginia, Fairfax County, Growing Conditions: Poplar Forest, Additional Comments: Turkey Run State Forest

mark , morel, - general location: California near Bear valley area on Hwy 4 3000ft. Growing Conditions: 2/3 year old logged/burn area found 20-25 nice greys first year in California. Moved from Wisconsin used to dead elms maybe just lucky.

Mark Pompe, morel, - general location: 20 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, PA, Allegheny River Valley, Growing Conditions:  , Under apple trees in the woods.

clayton ziemba, morel, - general location: yutan nebraska saunders county, Growing Conditions: river bottoms, Additional Comments: we found about 17 pounds in about 2 hours

brian nash, morel, - general location: in the woods, trafalgar indiana, Growing Conditions: its very wet and you have to really look hard i dont think they are up to good yet but we found a nice couple of messes, Additional Comments: go shroomers get all you can these are the golden days of spring

Jim Schielein,  morel, - general location: Patchy woods\pasture Dixon IL \ Lee County, April 21, first find, approx 30 shrooms, small greys 1\2"- 1 1\2", Growing Conditions: Dead Elms only, Conditions are wet to very wet, Temp: cold, daytime 45-60 Far.\ nightime 35-45 Far. Additional Comments: Cold weather in NW IL is slowing seasonal progression of grey to yellows Peak picking should be coming on this next week (hopefully) Greys are very scattered\scarce, very few found in the open, most so far are in deep brush

Denton Bragg, morel, - general location: Polk Co., NC, Growing Conditions: Old apple orchard, Additional Comments: I wanted to include this shot of some good-sized yellows (a little past prime) that my good friend Bob Lilly and J. E. found in a fallow apple orchard near Saluda NC, on 4/27. This is his 2nd morel find! Pic to follow in email attachment.

Steve Rasmussen, morel, - general location: Sullivan County,New York, Growing Conditions: Found under apple trees and oak trees.South facing slopes. Additional Comments: Only picked a few, left small ones to grow. This is the earliest I have found white morels.

Hugh Urban, morel, - general location: Salt Fork state park, Ohio, Growing Conditions: on a hillside beside a lake under dying elms, Additional Comments: we found four nice big yellows all along a steep hillside toward the edge of the lake, all near dying elms; one was actually growing out of the moss on a rock

Rox Cartwright, morel, - general location: Indiana Roanoke, Growing Conditions: Under dead apple tree, Additional Comments: Only found two yellows been looking for 2 weeks just getting started YAHOO Goodluck shroomers

Randall & Theresa Hill, morel, Other kind of mushroo0: yellows and blacks, - general location: Missouri river and elkhorn river, Growing Conditions: rich lowlands in heavy cover mainly under elm leaves, Additional Comments: still very dry but two days of rain have caused them to really pop up

angie smock, morel, - general location: wooded area on country road, Growing Conditions: found all around 2 dead elm trees bark all around trees on the ground.  Additional Comments: 15-20 small grays. 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inch fresh

Emily Gremore, morel, - general location: Livingston County, Michigan, Growing Conditions: Under dead elms and Russian olive on state land, Additional Comments: Found 89 morels, most around 1.5". First find of the season.

Rick Conley, morel, - general location: Central Ohio, Madison county, Growing Conditions: In rich bottom land, between 2 fields, under dying elms, Additional Comments: Had a good hard rain last nite, and this is the result!.....YUM. All goldens. twas a good day!!!

mike brooks, morel,  general location: in the wildlife areas on the east side of the council gove federal reservoir in morris co. in kansas, Growing Conditions: in grassy areas, and plum thickets, cottonwood & elm tree woodlots/ found 25-40 big ones/1oo or so nice ones

April 29th, 2002:

Bob Blair, morel, - general location: South Western Pennsylvania, Allegheny county, Growing Conditions: On eastern hill sides, under dead elms and wild cherry trees. Additional Comments: We found 24 pounds of Whites, Greys, and (mostly) Yellows this past weekend. Gotta Love it!

Sean Tague, morel, - general location: Hancock County, Indiana, Growing Conditions: After a big storm...Most of the ones we found we on a hillside and close to the edge of the woods...Out of all we found nearly 2 dozen white sponges...Hopefully we'll find more! Additional Comments: The mushroom woods where we were out is very confindential...If we had told you the exact loaction, we would be out of luck...

Randy and Rye Guy, morel, Dryads Saddle aka Pheasant Tail, - general location: Pa Allegheny Co.  Growing Conditions: Found morels grey,yellow, black,and half frees in Indiana Co past two weeks all under Apple trees. Also found 4bs pheasants tail growing from two different unrecognizable rotting stumps I left many more buttons behind over the weekend, going to pick them today.  Additional Comments: Heading up north to Jamestown Pymatuning lake area this weekend to look for morels. Has anyone had any luck up that way?

Ron Leedom, morel, - general location: Darke co greenville Ohio, area, Growing Conditions: west slope under thorney berry bushes. Got 9 yellows 6 to 7" in dead elm. Additional Comments: Have had plenty of rain all we need is some 60 degree nights.

John Path, morel, Morcella angusticeps, Where did you find them- general location: Kitsilano Neighborhood, Vancouver BC, Growing Conditions: Right outside house in suburban location, underneath ornamental malus tree

Corey, morel, - general location: Rockford Illinois. Found around dead elms. Found about 40 1-2 inch greys. Perfect for eating tonight (my birthday, what a gift) Took my son with me (he is two) man did he have fun. Had more fun watching him get excited picking morels than anything else. Should be really good next week, although I'll be in Mexico. Good Hunting, Corey

Lee M., morel, - general location: Livingston County Michigan.  Growing Conditions: Around Elm trees in rich dark soil. Additional Comments: It has been quite chilley still, but they are starting to pop up. Hopefully the peak for the big whites is right around the corner. I still have several spots yet to check for the greys and will keep ya posted. Great web site!!!

Morel Morales, morel, Grey, - general location: Blackhawk County,North of Raymond Iowa, Growing Conditions: Elm sloughing bark, Additional Comments: If the weather doesn't cooperate I will need a magnifying glass to find a mess of these little guys. Supposed to get back down to the '50's. We need several days of 60 degrees.

Ric Corbin, morel, - general location: Rock Creek Park Washington D.C. Growing Conditions: Under poplar trees near fallen rotting tree

Mike, morel, - general location: southern Keokuk county , Growing Conditions: south facing hillsides around dead elms, pretty much everywhere you looked. Additional Comments: Found 475 large greys and medium sized yellows in 4 hours. Going back for the big ones next weekend.

tiny, morel, - general location: mercer co.Ill, found 4.5 lbs today under low shrubs with lots of sun can hit most of the day

blue, morel, - general location: we found them on south facing hills macon county illinois, Growing Conditions: under trees facing the southside hill

April 30th, 2002:

mark rump, morel, - general location: Pittsburgh,Pa april 26-30.under dead elm trees.I've found over 50 blacks and grays over the past couple of days.yesterday I found only 10 but 6 of them were over 6 inches tall and you could'nt even fit your hand around them!Good luck to all happy shromin'.mark. Growing Conditions: found all shrooms under dead elms on hill sides that receive early morning sun.even found some while working one day sweet! Additional Comments: All I can say is that you won't find'em unless you get out and look for them.you'll be suprised sometimes where you'll find them,good luck.

Moon, morel, - general location: Pennsylvania - Montgomery County, Growing Conditions: burrowed in dead leaves along drainage paths lining hiking trails, Additional Comments: Finding beautiful morels along the southeast pennsylvania hiking trails - made for a wonderful and special appetizer to our dinner last night...mmmmmmm- love'm

Mike Vermeulen, morel,  morchella esculenta, - general location: Montville, NJ. (Morristown area), Growing Conditions: Around a dead Elm, open woods in my back yard, Additional Comments: Found a dozen, made an omelette -- delicious!

George Harris, morel, - general location: Found them in the same place as the last 10 yrs. Down in Va near the Mts. Growing Conditions: Tulip poplars, elms and pine trees, Additional Comments: If you leave a morel stump you are giving away a new location to someone who hasn't picked in that area before. I suggest that they be cover over. This is how I found a new spot while out looking the other day. It was so big it tripped me! LOL! no really this is how I locate new spots around my old area.Plus I don't care how good you are they usually miss some! easy picking!

JEFF WOTHKE, morel, - general location: INDIANA,INDIANAPOLIS; NORTHWEST SIDE OF INDY; LARGE YELLOWS;AND BUTTON HEADS, 2LBS. Growing Conditions: UNDER ASH TREE ; NEXT TO CREEK BANK; UNDER MAY APPLES. Additional Comments: SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS RAIN HELPED; BUT MOST SIGNIFICANT WAS THE SUNSHINE OF MONDAY AND TUESDAY 04/29/30/02. LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!

Dave Wygonowski,  morel, - general location: I located the two specimens by chance when I stopped to check out a cluster of a different type of cap mushroom. These were located in a park in North Bergen County, NJ, near the N.Y. state line. Growing Conditions: The area is 95% hardwoods. The morels were found about 20 ft from the road near an area that is covered by wood chips. This area is used for parking. Additional Comments: MY FIRST MORELS!!! ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!!! What a feeling, as I am a begginer mushroom hunter.

hugh urban, morel, - general location: licking county, Ohio, Growing Conditions: under dying elms, among mixed hard woods, Additional Comments: we found 39 nice lovely yellows in licking county, all under dying elms. 27 big beauties were all within a ten-foot radius of a single elm that had just started to drop its bark in big sheets. we had morels stuffed with zucchini and goat cheese for dinner. man, sometimes life doesn't suck

Rick Lorenc, morel, - general location: Will County Illinois...found about75 in three outings. Found on southernly facing hills in sunny areas. A few in the valleys too. My they sure taste great with vadalia onions and a rib roast! Happy Hunting. The weather is perfect now! Growing Conditions: Strip mine area

greg morris, morel, - general location: elkhart county benton indiana, Growing Conditions: top of hill by fence and field line under a dead elm 8 of 9, Additional Comments: looked for about 3hours found total of nine one by its self all grays 2- 3inch the rest 2,2half inch

Found 20 big yellow morels tonight in licking county Ohio, all in flat bottom with many dead elms. Had to beat the grass down to see them, I am sure I walked past many more. Here is a photo of one, look close to see the one behind it.  John Wolfe

Chris, Took at trip to Athens, Ohio this week. I found 12 large morels on 27th and 76 morels on 29th. The majority of the ones we were finding was on the slopes in a mixed forest with no pines. I found 5 large morels around one old elm tree. I really didn't want to leave the area we were hunting just got 3-4 inches of rain. I'm including some photos I took. Tony Breeden Doraville, GA

billy, morel, - general location: Central Iowa, Growing Conditions: Flats

May 1st, 2002:

Jeremy Marsh, morel, gray, gold, - general location: Hendricks Co., Indiana, Growing Conditions: diseased and standing elms sloughing bark... Additional Comments: My brother Wes and I have been scouting and searching the same several groups of woods around our house for the last seven weeks. So far this year, we have pulled in nearly thirteen pounds of fresh grays and golds, though the majority is overwhelmingly large golds. These were from woods that are in my general viewing area from my yard, so it just goes to show if you are patient enough and wait for the right signs, you will get your big scores without trampling into someonelse's morel patches and everyone can have fun at this hobby. My good friend Jon Dawson, just lastnight, pulled in a nice bundle of about three and 1/2 to four pounds of fresh golds. The season is starting to ebb, though you may still go out to the woods and find a few morels in the woods I have already painstakingly covered dozens of times at will. There are still morels to be found so I am out of here. Have fun and get permission to hunt the woods you walk!! Happy hunting!! -Jeremy

Eileen,  morel, - general location: Mishawaka, Indiana, Growing Conditions: On a hillside around some type of flowering trees, apple I think, Additional Comments: I found ten little ones, the biggest being about 1 1/2 inches. Expect to find more after predicted rain and warmer weather after this weekend

Doug Wiltz, morel, - general location: On the Fort Riley , Growing Conditions: Near pine trees in the hills, Additional Comments: Found about 15 pounds

George Harris, morel, - general location: Here is my first find for this season in Pa. Growing Conditions: sunny slope type lands. really rich soil. Around elm, and poplar and growing up through moss. Additional Comments: Well I thought I had to be dreaming today. I found 80 of the freshest yellow monsters today. I was looking in an area which produced verpa conica last year and didn't check for any others. Today I was amazed. They seem to be contained in an area of 30 feet X 30 Feet. The tallest was 6 inches tall and he knocked me to the ground and tried to free his friends when I was finally able to get him in to my onion sack. He decide to go along quietly after that. Weight I am guessing 4-5 pounds for all 80 combine

Sherry U, half free, - general location: North Pittsburgh, PA Allegheny County, Growing Conditions: Very old apple orchard for white, grey, yellow morels , April 28th, Dying elms for half-frees, April 26th, Additional Comments: Found only a few half frees where once found many dozen...maybe too dry...will try again , Found a little bit of heaven in yellows in more open pastural clearing in apple orchard...totaled about 5-6 dozen 4-6 inch beauties, some smaller greys also...forgot to weigh them...thought I was dreaming!

Tom Koch, morel, gray, - general location: Eastern JoDavis County in Illinios, Growing Conditions: on a ridge running North to South right off a tractor path , Additional Comments: I know off others that have been finding them for 1 week

R. Taylor, morel, - general location: Hillsdale and Jackson county, Growing Conditions: dead elms

May 2nd, 2002:

Bass Lake Mike reporting - these were picked last week on the 23rd and 24th. I picked 346, they seem to be alot smaller due to the colder weather. Watched them grow for a week and they seem to have reached their peak, so I picked them. The yellows are finally starting to come up now, and they seem to be bigger, hopefully with the weather warming up they will continue to grow! More morel news and pictures later from here in Northwest Indiana. Hope everyone enjoys the pictures. Happy "shrooming"!

morelgirl, morel, - general location: Jefferson County, IA, Growing Conditions: around dead elms, brush piles, lots of briars, several pin oaks and wild plums in areas where we couldn't figure out what the heck tree they came off of.  Additional Comments: 142 under one dying red elm, about 250 under another one. We hit the "mother lode" Found one Monster yellow with an 11" circumference. Yes, we eat them all, or give them to family that doesn't hunt, but loves to eat. Secret places... if I told ya, I'd have to ....

Kent E. Klepinger, morel, - general location: Southern Wisconsin - Dane County,  Growing Conditions: Dead elms, Additional Comments: Found the first ones on April 29 (very small) and then picked 156 on April 30. Small grays.

Dawn S, morel, - general location: Nebraska, Columbus on the platte and loup rivers, Growing Conditions: under old trees in rich lowlands, on the islands of the platte river. Additional Comments: where would you sell the mushrooms you find? Or do you sell the mushrooms? You can try to sell them at local farmer's markets. -Chris M.

Hugh Urban, morel, - general location: licking county, ohio, Growing Conditions: under dying elms, Additional Comments: we found 23 yellows morels all under dying elms in mixed hardwoods; most were on the small side, but a few were nice and big. there are also some fawn musrhooms and tree ears coming up. but we haven't seen any blacks at all this year

jay simmons, morel, - general location: roscommon county mi,  Growing Conditions: swampy low lands small poplars, Additional Comments: need some warm weather and sunshine

Bernardo & Elmo, morel, Yellow sponge, - general location: Licking County,OH, Growing Conditions: 120 found (113 in a 30 foot diameter circle)on Eastern slope under Elm tree. We had less than 45 minutes invested in hunt. They ranged from 2 to 5 inches tall.

turbotone,  morel,  beefsteak,peckerhead;greys, - general location: dead elms wildcherries, Growing Conditions: mossysoil, Additional Comments: GOODLUCK

Bass Lake Mike Porter County IN. Growing Conditions: Some up hill and down to flat ground mixed trees but their elms around. Additional Comments: found around 400 to 500 5/2/02.going back out again.yellows are starting here.killer site.

Michelle Messer,  morel,  - general location: northwest indiana, Growing Conditions: Under dead oak trees, Additional Comments: found about 230

Kent E. Klepinger, morel, - general location: Wisconsin, Iowa County, Growing Conditions: Dead Elm, Additional Comments: Found 96 very small grays. Still appears to be early. Next week should be good as the weather is supposed to be warm.

May 3rd, 2002:

Joey, morel, - general location: Logan Co. Ohio, Growing Conditions: Around Elm trees and low undergrowth, Additional Comments: Found a few med size yellows.....'bout time...Let the hunting begin :)

Al J., morel, - general location: Southern Wisconsin waukesha county Found 81 small greys,Growing Conditions: around dead elms

May 4th, 2002:

hugh urban, morel, - general location: salt fork state park, Growing Conditions: on a hillside under old apple trees, Additional Comments: we found 82 small yellows and one half-free, all along gentle slope with many old apple and poplar trees. none of them were very big -- it still seems a wee bit early in this area

Dan the Shroom Man, morel, - general location: New York, Genesse County, Growing Conditions: Under crab apple tree in front yard!!!!!! Additional Comments: Ive been combing the woods next to my house for a couple weeks now with no luck what-so-ever. I just moved to New York from Ohio a lil over a year now,so i dont know the shroom season up here very well.But today i was doing some yard work and came across about 30 (1 to 2 inch) blacks and greys!!!!!! So......tomorrow im off to the woods again in hopes of scoring some more. Anyone else here having any luck in New York?

Anthony Tassinello, Ben, Jonno and Paul, morel, - general location: Avery, CA , Growing Conditions: Open logging slash, shaded understory burn, bulldozer tracks...everywhere you look., Additional Comments: The Darby Fire has allowed us to pick a spot and nearly guarantee finding mushrooms. Yesterday we stopped at no less than 9 locations inside the burn and harvested 12 pounds of blacks, greys and blondes of all shapes and sizes. Sizes ranged from 1"-6".

Berry Kyle, morel, - general location: Mostly around the hillsides and flats. Goshen Ind. Growing Conditions: Around dead Elm trees. Additional Comments: We've found yellows 3-4" tall, greys were about the same size.

Vernon Howell, morel, - general location: Wooster, Ohio, Growing Conditions: 05-03-2002 Found several grey and yellow morel near may apple plants in woods West of Wooster.

Dan , morel, - general location: Northern California, Growing Conditions: In recently logged fir pine mixed forest above 4000 feet elevation on south facing slopes. Look for them in tire or tread tracks. The deeper the better. Additional Comments: OK California morel hunters, it's time!! Still very spotty, but they are out there.

Ken Liller, morel, - general location: Western Maryland, Allegany County and Hampshire County West Virginia, Growing Conditions: Ash, Sycamore and Elm. Stream beds and on East side of hills. Additional Comments: Best year I have ever had, I have found approximately 1500. I found my first morel on the 13th of April in Hancock Maryland, I did not start finding a lot until the 23rd of April and I have been finding At least twenty five a day since then. I found five gallon yesterday May the 5th.The biggest find was 523 under one elm tree. Approximately 8 gallon. Location was near Luke Maryland. I went back two days later and found another gallon under the same tree. The largest one was two inches taller than a pepsi can. IT HAS BEEN AN AWESOME YEAR!!!!!

May 5th, 2002:

Judy J, morel, - general location: Found 25 small blacks in NE Iowa/SE MN on 5/5, Growing Conditions: all were around dead elms, Additional Comments: They were all about 1 inch

Bill & Julia in MD, morel, - general location: Near Baltimore, MD, Growing Conditions: Near tulip and beech trees. Additional Comments: Whew! 5 lbs of morels including one 7 1/2" monster mushroom (sorry, we are too wiped out to do a count). Same place outside Baltimore. Could not walk for more than a few minutes without finding a few. Finally had to leave because it got dark. About half are going to Bill's mother in No. Indiana, where they are just starting to find half-frees. Guess I know what we'll be doing NEXT weekend. Good Luck everyone.

joe bencze,  morel, - general location: warsaw, indiana, kosciusko county, Growing Conditions: under dead elms

Kimberly B., morel, - general location: Klamath Co. Oregon, Growing Conditions: In Forest, Old logging or burn areas, Additional Comments: Have only seen very few of these wonders and am wondering if anyone out there can point me in the right direction. We just love these and hope to find alot more soon! Would like to know where they are really coming up though?

Gilbert Jones,  morel, - general location: Ohio Cincinnati Hamilton County, Growing Conditions: In Eden Park Cincinnati Ohio under mixed old growth trees. Some under oak and most under old elms. Live elms are scarce here because most have died off years ago. Chris, My son just bought me a Soney MVC-CD200 for my birthday and I will try taking some pictures with it the next time out if I ever learn how to use it. Send us some photos! -Chris M.

May 6th, 2002:

joe bencze, morel, - general location: Found Morals, 50 Big Ones, Kosciusko County, Indiana. Supposed To Rain The Next Few Days, Will Go BackOut This Sunday, Hopefully Will Find Another 50, Growing Conditions: Found Under Dead Elm Trees

Erin, morel, - general location: LaSalle/Peru area.  Growing Conditions: Right as we stepped into the woods off a field area, found about 25. Additional Comments: And after that found not a thing. Hunted for 3 hours and only came across about 7 more. The land looked great, had everything that our other hunting spot has (hills, valley's, creeks, dead and dying trees) but came up with nothing. Very discouraging. O'well, guess we'll stick to our old hunting ground. When does the season start in Northern Wisconsin? Maybe a week or two... -Chris M.

Al J., morel, - general location: Found 157 mostly small greys, some yellows. Growing Conditions: Found around dead elms.

Rocky Meyer, morel, - general location: North-central Indiana. Growing Conditions: Among briars and Walnut, Ash, and Elm trees in low lying areas. Found a nice bunch of grays in the middle of a stand of pine tress (not sure what kind of pines, soft needle variety). Additional Comments: Season seems to be on track to be a good one even thought everything is late. Temperatures are mid 50s at night and upper 60s to mid 70s during day. Just received some nice rain and high humidity. Should be a great week or couple of weeks. For those not finding many, don't give up. I think this is going the be a great year. Happy hunting.

May 7th, 2002:

mike jackson,  morel, - general location: Berrien County & Cass County Michigan, Growing Conditions: Groups of dead elm trees, old growth white pine grove, popular tree grove , Additional Comments: Can't find them sittn' on a couch

Barth Wheeler , morel, - general location: S.E. OHIO --U.S.A. Our season for morels here is last 10 days of Apr. thru 1st 10 days of May. Growing Conditions: Creek valleys, hillsides. Under dead elms and large live sycamores. 14 yellow morels under one dead elm All measured at 10 inches tall or just a bit less.

Tom Frederiksen, puffballs, - general location: Elletsville, IN, Growing Conditions: Low-lying shady areas, Additional Comments: To All Mushroom Hunters: The Morel of the Story, Don't believe all that you hear about the elusive morel mushroom. That is the Morel of the Story. Many people have said that this was a terrible year for hunting morels. That is not true. Are all those people wrong? I am not completely sure, but remember that you are hearing this from people who regard sacred mushroom grounds with more secrecy than the ingredients of Coca-Cola. These are people who might not even tell their closest friends or relatives where to find these spongy little morsels. It may or may not be true, but the bottom line is that we saw near perfect conditions this year for morels.  Despite the fact that we went from extremely cold weather right into warm spring weather and we had one early spring week of very hot temps, the conditions have been good. We have had warm days, cool nights, lots of rain, etc. All-in-all, this year's conditions have been better than many of the previous few years. These conditions have produced not only an abundance of mushrooms, but also a lot of almost obscenely big morels. Maybe I was lucky this year, but I am not completely convinced that all those people claiming it was a bad year really looked hard enough. Of the roughly ten times I went hunting this year, I found morels at least eight of those times and came home with a full plastic bag at least six times. The Morel of the Story is to sometimes take what other people say about morels with a grain of salt because this truly was one of the best years I have had. p.s. The season is not over. I found several BIG yellow morels today. We may still have a few days left. p.s.s. I experimented the other day and discovered one of the best morel recipes I have ever had.

-puree garlic, butter, olive oil and then add a handful of small sauteed morel pieces

-spread generously on your favorite pizza dough or Boboli

-add a generous layer of sauteed morel halves

-add a layer of sauteed italian sausage and onions

-add about 12 cups of mozzarella or other cheese

-bake until golden brown

-get ready for a flavorful experience of the best pizza and one of the best morel recipes ever!!! Happy Mushroom Hunting!!! Tom

Jane Merrill, morel, - general location: Amesbury Massachusetts, Growing Conditions: shade,under maple tree and site of old honey suckle bushes.

hugh urban, morel, - general location: licking county, ohio , Growing Conditions: mostly under dying elms, some under mixed hard woods,Additional Comments: we found 15 morels in licking county (a total of over 200 for this year) -- mostly small yellows with a couple of small blacks. only one really big one this time. the season seems to be winding down in this zone. most were near dying elms, a few in mixed hardwoods.

May 8th, 2002:

George " The Mushroom Slayer" Harris, morel, - general location: Hello again from Pittsburgh Pa. At Washington county. Growing Conditions: Big old ash tree's and old apple trees, Additional Comments: Well I am just back from a local trip. Today we found 5 new hot spots. We harvested 63 of the wonderful yellow and grey morels. Today maked a special day. I took an 8 inch tall and 4+ inches around yellow monster. Beside it was 4 others standing 4+ inches tall and wearing nothing. These mushrooms were 15-20 feet off the main road and like looking at a neon sign. PICK ME! was flashing. I have never had so much fun as I am this season. Good luck to all. looks like 1-2 more weeks here.also in the 63 we found 12 under 2 inches tall.

Emily Gremore, morel, - general location: Livingston County, Michigan, Growing Conditions: Found 9 small whites 1-2" along railroad tracks under dead elms and 13 2" on state land under dead elms on May 5. Found 56 whites 3" under dead elm in landscape bed this morning at work and 50 3+" whites on state land under dead elms and 11 half frees. Seems to be turning out to be the best year in a long time with more rain to come!

Marty, morel, - general location: Northern California, Growing Conditions: an old logging area under ponderosa pine and douglas fir trees an old growth forest, Additional Comments: The weather is still cold. I found about 12 morels at about the 5500 foot elevation. I think that another week or so, there mushrooms will really start popping up.

Rachel,  morel, - general location: Toledo, Ohio/Lucas county, Growing Conditions: Under a pine tree in my yard, Additional Comments: A friend of mine loves morels. She has several knick knacks, jewelry and yard sculptures of morels. I told her I run over mushrooms that look like morels every spring when I cut the grass. She wanted them this year, BEFORE I cut the grass. The mushrooms are morels. I found 12 of them. Two were yellow morels and 10 were black morels. Now I look every day for them and I am even going to other areas hunting them. I now find myself looking down every where I go and going out of my way to search moist, shady areas. I have not yet tasted them, but I think my next find will be for me!

Fred & Nita, morel, - general location: Maberly, Ontario Canada along side of a cliff. Found enough for a great meal with steak. I don't care for mushrooms, but I did enjoy the morel mushroom. Plant on looking for more. Growing Conditions: Found them under oak tress and in rich soil.

Wayne, morel, - general location: Found in Houston County MN between Rushford and Houston MN, Growing Conditions: Found 80 small grey MORELS 1" to 3" near dead elm trees on top of the bluffs. Soil was cool and damp, rained earlier in the day. Estimate Morels came up two to three days ago.  Additional Comments: Also found one false Morel, we call them "Elephant Ears"

May 9th, 2002:

Tammy, morel, - general location: Omaha Ne, we found about 75 morals the woods, most where found on the south side of the hill we where on. Also found about 25 out in the open where there are no trees. I have a question also, do morals grow in the state of colorado? we are talking about moving there and not sure if the mushrooms grow there like they do here.... Growing Conditions: by oak trees and under bark that has fell off

Dan Haddock,  morel, - general location: Central Iowa,5/7/02. 5 of us went out yesterday and picked about 14 pounds.Mostly big greys but some nice yellow ones too. the big yellows are yet to come ,should be this weekend . Growing Conditions: mainly around elm trees, but have found them all over recently

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May 10th, 2002: 

scotto, morel, - general location: Door County WI, Growing Conditions: Not in the woods yet but in my yard which is an old apple orchard

Ro,  Morels - general location: Grundy County, Iowa. It a county park. Under dead elms. I have found 20 lbs

Dukntz,  morel, - general location: Waukesha County Wi.,Lampam Peak State Park.  Growing Conditions: Dead elms with tight bark

Erin,  morels, Still not sure what we're seeing, but still learning., - general location: Again in Kendal County on 5/7 but really had to HUNT for them and I mean HUNT!  Growing Conditions: Growing conditions are varied. Found 25 with the largest being about 4 inches, yellows and greys. Found some in the flats, some in the "valleys" and some just on the paths. No rhyme or reason to this new hobby of mine! Very frustrating to a new hunter but also challenging! Additional Comments: And I just want to find the "MOTHER LOAD" just once and then I can quit! LOL. Also hunting with old timers who have been using paper and plastic bags for 8 years in the same area and are wondering why they don't find the same amount that they used to find a few years ago. Trying to convince them that they won't find them if they don't use the "laundry bag/mesh bag" that should be used while hunting. Again Chris, this is a GREAT site! How 'bout starting a recipe section? Erin, you are a new member, maybe haven't had time to check everything out yet in the member only areas, but there is a button to click on called "Recipes", whick will take you to about 100 different recipes that I have came accross over the years. Enjoy! -Chris M.

Dan, morel, - general location: Hayden, Idaho, Growing Conditions: In a shrub bed mulched with pine bark. They were a few days old and begining to dry out on the outside. Going up high this weekend.

John Forrest,  morel, - general location: Ceadr Rapids, Iowa, Growing Conditions: Dead Elms

Anthony Buchino, morel, - general location: Dane County, Wisconsin, Growing Conditions: alongside and under dead elm trees on rocky slope

mmfrushby, morel, - general location: Milwaukee, WI, Growing Conditions: Wooded area in a small park, with many dead trees. Additional Comments: May 10 - Milwaukee, WI. 3" to 4" Morels - 24 total. We were not looking for them this day. We stopped at the park to eat lunch and my daughter was walking along the edge of a small wooded area and yelled out to me " Mom, I found Morels! ". What a wonderful suprize!

May 11th, 2002:

Mike Snyder and Kersti Rydell, morel - general location: Again, in our herb garden, at the edge of the bark trail! Growing Conditions: We're a block from the ocean in Calif., shady, cool. This particular spot is warmed at night and kept moist by the vent from our clothes dryer. Additional Comments: We reported the first morels in January (Kersti had pulled them out without knowing what they were.) Now we have three more, each about 3" tall and thin. I made sure to hold Kersti at a safe distance! We will be taking a few pictures, maybe Polaroids, and sending (we don't have a scanner yet). I guess we'll let them grow as much as possible...? Mail them to: 19510 NW 78th Ave., Alachua, FL 32615, I will scan them and post them on the site for you!- Chris M.

Lori, morel, - general location: Crawford County, Iowa , We find them in our front and back yard. We live on a farm with 7 acres of wooded area all around my home.  Growing Conditions: Elm, Pine, Oak trees, you name it. Grassy areas, The weather really hasn't been that warm 65's 70 degrees, and about 35 at night.  Additional Comments: I really havn't found any really big ones this year, all about 3" tall.

fritz leonerd, verpa (early morel), - general location: Salem, Oregon on Easter sunday down on the banks of the willamette River. Specimens were perfect. Going out 5/11/02 to find black morel along Santiam River at about 1700 feet elevation.  Growing Conditions: Sandy soil, among cotton wood trees, Additional Comments: Where is a good foragers page for the Willamette River Valley in Oregon. Can't seem to find one.

carrie nelson, morel, - general location: my back yard muskegon, michigan. about 50 of them around a tree stump. i don't like mushrooms

brian s hembel,  morel, - general location: washigton county wisconsin, Growing Conditions: near dead elms with short grass gravel soil, Additional Comments: found many 3 to 4 inch morels

Andrew G., morel, - general location: Amesbury, MA. Growing Conditions: Around the perimeter of a old swingset. 6x6's are stacked around the edges and the base was filled with beach sand. My lawn comes up to the edges and there they are. Couple of clusters growing right on the edge on the lawn side. I have pictures if anyone is interested. Send photos and I will post them on the site! -Chris M. Additional Comments: Should I try to see if any local restaurants are interested in these? I might even try to cook them myself.

tony, morel, - general location: columbiaville michigan, Growing Conditions: north side of a hill in mossy areas, Additional Comments: this was my first time ever and i came out with 4 in 35 minutes

May 12th, 2002:

The 3 Morel-skateers,morel, - general location: Northern California, Growing Conditions: 1st year burn, 4000'-5000', along rocky creeks, in piles and slash. Find the moisture. Additional Comments: Just beginning at this elevation but there are still enough to "hunt". Over two days of foraging we captured 12#'s of greys, blondes, blacks and browns.

Barbara Engh, Agaricus bitorquis a.k.a. Agaricus rodmani, - general location: Elgin,Illinois, Growing Conditions: Tree bank, Additional Comments: These are my favorite mushroom, and nobody else looks for them. They're MINE!!! Come on Barb, you mean you like these better than Morels? -Chris M.

Heather Shaw, morel, - general location: New Brunswick, Canada, Growing Conditions: In moss on a hill in shade, Additional Comments: The morel were very dark. Is this the finishing point of the morel as I have only seen them a dark purple & very, very big in this area.

ron kole, morel, - general location: sw michigan, little cool tho found about 30 in apple orchard old apple trees , Growing Conditions: apple orchards mostly and dead elms, may have been a little early due to cold conditions rain and sun should bring out more, Additional Comments: would like more specific dates on arrivals sems a little late this year due to cold weather tho

William Jones, morel, - general location: Sussex, Growing Conditions: Under dead elms moist soil wood edges. Additional Comments: Just could not find enough. :)

Jacque,  morel, - general location: clayton county, IA, Growing Conditions: Woods edging open fields, mostly under dying elms (with peeling bark). Additional Comments: Found about 50, mostly 3-4 inch yellows, some 2-3 inch greys.

May 13th, 2002:

Monte, morel, - general location: Wisconsin, Crawford County, Growing Conditions: Under dead elms, Additional Comments: Found 6 small grays the weekend of May 4th. Found about 5 pounds on Sunday May 12th. Mostly grays and yellows 2" to 3" tall.  

audie mcconnell, morel, - general location: butler county, slippery rock, pa. Growing Conditions: oaks, maples, cherry and lots of old decaying thorn apples on a slight hill, nice and damp. Additional Comments: i'd just love to tell all my local friends about my new found schroom local, but i've been hunting morels and others since age 5(40 years) and i'm sworn to secretcy until i'm dead. good luck to all!!!!!!

: Ric & Sammie P., morel, - general location: cook county,il. Growing Conditions: under small trees,little sun light filters threw.Rich black dirt,nice ground cover damp and cool places.around large dead trees with lots of bark on the ground. Additional Comments: If it looks to hard to get to thats where you want to be the lazy hunter won't go there already found alot.I keep going to the same three places over and always fill some bags full should have enough for the year this week finding patches of twenty five plus its still slow.

hugh urban, morel, - general location: butler, ohio, Growing Conditions: around a dying maple, along a hillside,  Additional Comments: we found six big yellows around a wounded maple tree (next to some kind of animal hole). a few were too old but the rest were quite nice, about 6-8 inches. nothing else in the woods but dryads saddles and some nice watercress

May 14th, 2002:

scott stambaugh,  morel, - general location: eastern nebraska west of omaha, Growing Conditions: i found them growing on the flat land along a river under elm and cottonwood trees., Additional Comments: i left behind alot of mushrooms saturday because they where either dried up or rotten to where you could not even pick them.

janelle,  morel, - general location: Grant County Wisconsin, Growing Conditions: south hillside under peeling elm trees in brushy patches, Additional Comments: found 10 pounds in two hours

Judy J, morel, - general location: All of the mushrooms found were in Wightwater state Park. Nothing found around the Red Cedeeer trail or in Frontenac

g. barton,  morel, - general location: New Paltz, NY, Growing Conditions: Slope of low mountain, east facing, in area near a house that was burned last year. Under two trees but didnot identify. Area nearby has very old apple trees. Additional Comments: Mass of yellows. Have been searching eastern Catskills to the Hudson River near Saugerties and Kingston with no luck.

PHILIP ASAO, morel, - general location: 5/13/02 MINNEAPOLIS, MN  LAKE MINNETONKA AREA ( 35 MILES WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES) FOUND 9 SMALL GREY MORELS ABOUT 1-2 INCHES, Growing Conditions: FOUND THEM IN THE GRASS NEXT TO A TREE LINE OF DEAD ELMS. THE GRASS AREA WAS TO THE SOUTH OF THE ELMS WITH PLEANTY OF SUN, Additional Comments: WE HAD LOOK AT SEVERAL OF OUR BEST PLACES THIS WAS THE ONLY ONE TO PRODUCE MORELS. WE NEED SEVERAL DAYS OF 70'S TO GET THEM GOING. THERE IS PLENTY OF MOISTURE, JUST NEED THE HEAT.

Dave, morel, - general location: Turner County near Parker, SD , Growing Conditions: About 15 to 20 feet from the shoreline of a small pond, under a dead ash tree. Found 42 morels.

May 15th, 2002:

Morel Morales, morel, Woodfish, - general location: Blackhawk County, Iowa, Growing Conditions: River bottoms around dead elm (is there a pattern here?)  Additional Comments: Been out 4 days in a row 5-10,11,12,13 and found morels each time--Life is good ! About 14 lbs. total. Good luck to y'all--maybe this warm and cool weather is stretching out the season. I had to go back to work to rest up a bit. All the walking caught up with me. Maybe I'll use decoys in the future to minimize the walking?

Ric&Sammie P., morel, - general location: Cook County,Il. Growing Conditions: Went back to one of three spots i always pick today we walked threw small brush had to break limbs every step of the way very thick nobody in there right mind would go there,but it really payed off got a few bags full.all nice size 2 1/2 to about 5 1/2 nice shrooms! today was different found them all growing in and around big rock piles from a quarry being dug growing out of the rocks them selves lot of moss and rich black dirt,very hard place to hunt fought our way threw complaned to each other alot then bingo it payed off great day will write soon on more,  Additional Comments: found mushrooms where we least expected to ever find any,been hunting for years never seen them in this type of place.also found an antler,dont be scared to go deep where you think it imposible to go and you will find them hiding nice and safe

George Harris, morel, - general location: Wetsern Pa. Growing Conditions: In the woods on the ground. Additional Comments: Hey it me again. Yesterday we picked 12 more morels. And 10 pounds of Dryads saddles. Nice and fresh and boy they smell good. Yes in the rain we went looking. I don't know if there will be more morels temp is good and rain is still coming down. Will keep looking and updating.

Deshon Applewhite, morel, - general location: I found one morel this year so far in Flint, MI.I have found more in the past but did not eat them because I was told they did not grow in Flint. Growing Conditions: Under an oak tree near a lake and in my back yard near some ash trees. Additional Comments: If anyone else has ever seen a morel in Genesee county please let me know.

Jim Brody, morel, - general location: Wisconsin...Washington county, Growing Conditions: south facing hillsides some dead elms alot of prickly ash...ouch... found 3 lbs they were all 2 to 3 inches tall grays and yellows

Gilia Gutierrez, morel, - general location: Oakland County - Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, Growing Conditions: Shady area, trees, bushes, grassy, weedy area. Elementary School backyard.

Sherry U, morel, - general location: Oscoda County, Mich.  Growing Conditions: May 13th. On a sandy site around poplars found 2 1/2 dozen tiny greys and yellows just popping their heads out. I found not a one black where we usually would find them though. Seemed we were about a week and a half or two early.

mike mosher mmosher@vennercs.com, morel, two pounds, - general location: st stephen new brunswick canada, Growing Conditions: in a old gravel pit under neath small aspen trees with high grass, Additional Comments: this is the first find of morels in new brunswick?