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Other Activities => Other Adventures => Topic started by: Viking360 on May 09, 2023, 08:09:25 AM

Title: Morels
Post by: Viking360 on May 09, 2023, 08:09:25 AM: Anyone finding any morels yet? Im going to head out this weekend.
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: KP-Skagit on May 09, 2023, 09:46:45 AM: What side of the state are you thinking?

I found a few westsiders last month, a first for me.

Got into some eastside morels in a two year old burn last weekend, mostly small ones. Appeared to be the first batch of the year. 2500 FT. Not an easy affair with all the fresh understory but they were out.
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: ganghis on May 09, 2023, 10:47:32 AM: Following - Thinking about checking out one of last years burns in the central cascades this weekend (<3000 ft).
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: Viking360 on May 09, 2023, 11:07:58 AM: Yeah i'm going east.
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Post by: Green Tree on May 09, 2023, 11:36:08 AM: Looked around the last 2 weekends on the west side, nothing found yet.
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: KNOPHISH on May 09, 2023, 12:14:26 PM: Quote from: ganghis on May 09, 2023, 10:47:32 AM
Following - Thinking about checking out one of last years burns in the central cascades this weekend (<3000 ft).
Found some here Saturday, all the times I’ve turkey hunting never found any. How long do they last in the fridge?
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: ganghis on May 09, 2023, 01:02:03 PM: Couple of weeks, maybe. If I get a bunch I usually dehydrate them and keep them in the freezer.
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Post by: mcrawfordaf on May 09, 2023, 01:23:43 PM: Daughter and I filled up about 1/2 a brown paper lunch bag with em this weekend. Same burn from 2018 we got em on last year. Same week as last year.
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Post by: Bendejo on May 09, 2023, 05:27:13 PM: Nice lil ziplock I got north of Spokane today (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230510/d06e8c5931a527bcde96cd52949cfdce.jpg)
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: SuperX on May 10, 2023, 06:13:52 AM: we found 3# in our front yard yesterday! We're on the west side and have never seen one in our yard but last summer we had several cottonwoods taken out and we spread the chips around the gardens. That's where they were. What an amazing surprise!
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: Viking360 on May 10, 2023, 06:39:31 AM: Check out mushroom wonderland on Youtube, on one of his recent videos he was talking about cottonwoods and morels, pretty interesting. He did the trim work on my house 2 years ago when it was built.
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: mcrawfordaf on May 11, 2023, 09:19:40 AM: For those on the east side who might be interesting in a little extra cash - Happy Mountain Mushrooms in Colbert is looking to buy Morels in 3-5# bundles. info@happymountainmushrooms.com
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: OutHouse on May 11, 2023, 09:41:58 AM: Nice! But take them out of that bag. It will ruin them.
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Post by: Bendejo on May 11, 2023, 06:12:50 PM: Quote from: OutHouse on May 11, 2023, 09:41:58 AM
Nice! But take them out of that bag. It will ruin them.
Hah, I needed something to get em to the truck in. They're safe now
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: SuperX on May 11, 2023, 06:16:20 PM: Quote from: Viking360 on May 10, 2023, 06:39:31 AM
Check out mushroom wonderland on Youtube, on one of his recent videos he was talking about cottonwoods and morels, pretty interesting. He did the trim work on my house 2 years ago when it was built.
Thanks for the suggestion, good info! We've had standing cottonwoods for years and always checked for morels around them without ever seeing one. Once we spread the chips out they popped like crazy! I wonder if that was because of the chips or just because we haven't mowed the lawn yet this year? :)
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Post by: OutHouse on May 12, 2023, 10:02:18 AM: Quote from: Bendejo on May 11, 2023, 06:12:50 PM
Quote from: OutHouse on May 11, 2023, 09:41:58 AM
Nice! But take them out of that bag. It will ruin them.
Hah, I needed something to get em to the truck in. They're safe now

Excellent! I was out yesterday afternoon off 410 on the east side and found a handful of them. The recent rains drenched and saturated the soil and the ones I found definitely appeared to be the start of what is to come. In the areas that are really wet right now, the bloom is just starting and in two weeks should be in full swing. Last year, the peak for at higher elevations was actually the first weekend in June.
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: NOCK NOCK on May 14, 2023, 08:23:01 PM: Found a few today. Just getting started in my neck of the woods.
Ribeye, morels, yellow tater. I ate WAY to much!
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: teanawayslayer on May 14, 2023, 08:32:26 PM: Did the puppies get their share? They looked pretty focused on your plate :chuckle:
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on May 15, 2023, 05:45:56 AM: They got some ribeye trimings, they worked for it yesterday, lots of ground covered.
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Post by: ganghis on May 15, 2023, 07:55:15 AM: Nothing doing in the burns near Lake Wenatchee this weekend. They have NF-65 blocked off right at the start of the burn but I headed up the ridge to about 2800 ft until I ran into some snow patches...I also did little trips down into different aspects, but didn't find anything. The Minnow ridge fire has roads blocked off and the long approach via ORV trail along Chiwawa river road is still mostly snow covered so didn't make it in there. Probably best to wait a few weeks!
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: Viking360 on May 15, 2023, 04:55:36 PM: Found some this weekend, couple miles of hiking until I found the right elevation then I found some good patches. First time finding them and eating them. Wow are they good, now I know what all the hype is about.
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: kellama2001 on May 16, 2023, 07:49:53 AM: Quote from: NOCK NOCK on May 14, 2023, 08:23:01 PM
Found a few today. Just getting started in my neck of the woods.
Ribeye, morels, yellow tater. I ate WAY to much!

Dam that looks tasty! I'm hoping to get out and check my spots next weekend. I plan to make the same meal if I find any :drool:
Title: Re: Morels
Post by: slavenoid on May 16, 2023, 06:13:11 PM: Took the kids on a morel death march for a mother's day gift. We only found three total around 3000 feet. I had to do a lot of apologizing.