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Morchella americana NW Indiana (europe.pub)

submitted 3 months ago by Bigboye57@midwest.social to c/mycology@mander.xyz

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I have been finding lots of these guys over the past week.

When I first started hunting for morels I researched how to identify trees based of bark so I could hunt under the elms, tulips, sycamores, etc. what I ended up finding out is mushrooms grow where mushrooms want, rules of thumb be damned.

This patch here was 30 feet away from the closest tree and at that they were pines. Morels cannot be stopped apparently. Happy hunting folks.

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[–] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I can't wait. I'm definitely going to find some this year. I always find 5 in my yard every year, but I'm going hunting seriously this year. We still have a few weeks up here.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is that the type that becomes edible when you cook it 3x (and discard the cooking water each time)?

[–] Bigboye57@midwest.social 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nope, these guys are a choice edible. You are probably thinking of gyromitra genus.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 3 months ago

Yes, thank you.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How many did you get from this patch?

[–] Bigboye57@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

There were about 10 or so. I only grabbed a few, I like to leave plenty to send out spores.

[–] Yosmonkol@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Didn't know they had a preference for tree types. We had a morel show up sporadically over the years between a white pine and white birch. They're usually chewed on by the time I find them.