Re: Any mushroom hunters out there?
I'm no professional mushroom hunter by any means. Just lucked out and my house is on a 2 acre wooded lot that has a consistent crop of these in one location every year.<br /><br />I'm just northwest of Indianapolis. Mine are under an ancient, dying black walnut tree that's about 3 feet in diameter at the edge of a bit of a ravine that runs some water only during times of heavy rain. They like the shade of some big weeds I call "May plants" but I'm not sure that's the right term...they look like a bunch of 6 to 8 inch wide umbrellas that are about 10 inches above the ground. I sweep the umbrellas aside and often there's a Morel hidden under them. There's also a lot of big boulders around this tree, and they seem to grow between the rocks.<br /><br />Hope that helps. Good luck!<br /><br />Methinks the weather is not cooperating this year in my area, usually it needs to be cooler and wetter, so this is not a good year for them, but obviously they're out there somewhere!
thats a beaut!!!<br /><br />Us kids used to get mushrooms with my Grandma in the woods all the time. She knew what she was doing. Tree mushrooms, morels, puff balls....I really miss it, you can't match the flavor with store bought IMHO.
