Dave W Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Most of these had recently fruitied. A few looked to be maybe 3-5 days old. Under dead elms trees. I think the whitish ones with flattened ridges may be Morchella ulmaria (= M. cryptica). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vault Dweller Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Great! Not only to find so many, but to see the season hasn't gone to waste with the drier/cooler start to Spring. I'm going out tomorrow in fact for my second trip this year. The one I made two weeks ago (when it had been so dry) I found no fungi of any kind and the seven straight days of clouds with mostly rain should have changed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Very nice Dave. Thanks for the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWlake Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Awesome, love them THICK greyish ones. Some good eating to come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott C Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Gorgeous Dave, thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Nice find:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunShroomer3578 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Nice hual Dave !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Getting some under dying apple trees now. Not in large numbers, but some big 'uns. Got what are possibly my last blacks of the year.... except, sometimes there's a flush of late blacks, in spots other than where I find the early ones. If we get some warm sunny weather this week, I think there's a chance for the, And, as soon as it gets warmer, there'll be another flush of the big yellows under apple/elm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Nice morels, Dave. We've had wet weather and below normal temps for a week and a half. Things are looking better then next few days, so maybe we will get some nice yellows thus week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 We've had the same type of weather here. It means the morels are coming on slooooowly. And, in the damp weather you need to get them before the mold and snails do. A warm/sunny day should cause a nice flush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott C Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Wow what a great season you are having Dave, ours lasted from Mid March in southern Ohio until mid April, early few and far between and done, that heat followed by snow did us in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themess1 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Going out again this afternoon. So far, we've been skunked in the woods but we did find a small flush of yellows and one small black in my friends front yard this morning. At least that tells us conditions are right and they are popping. I'll get some photos later. We just got a short video this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shroomersue Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Found what is presumably my first black of the season... under tulip trees. Ground temp 51 to 52 degrees. Awaiting a warmer week here in South Ontario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 Sue, that looks like a Half-Free Morel. That's a good sign! These usually show up before the yellows. Scott, yeah, it's all about the timing. A warm spell followed by winter in springtime can really kill a season. I've seen it here. Luckily for me, the cold spell came early enough to have little effect upon the yellows. But the blacks were undercut quite a bit. Headed out to another part of PA today to hunt morels where there's lots of elms. I saw more morel hunters than I saw morels. Elms seem to be producing not-so-much in central PA so far this spring. But the apple orchard we visited later on proved to be a good choice. Lots of "deliciosas" the small forest yellows. Also, my wife found four nice big 'uns under a dead apple tree. The yellow-capped gilled mushrooms are Stropharia rugosoannulata, the Wine-Cap Mushroom. Typically, this type has a burgundy-red cap. But the yellow-capped version is also fairly common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinmj70 Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 Found these three in a 20yd radius under poplar trees. Was a flush of Inky Caps nearby. Otherwise barely any fruiting fungus to be found. Still seems very dry even after all the rain. But these are my first morels ever so it was a successful day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 It looks like this year may come around after all. I just found this growing 20 feet from my back porch. We've only found a few around our property, and this is the second one that wasn't too far gone. The only tree I think it can be coming from is a large cherry tree just downhill. There a large poplar about 20 feet farther down the hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alooney11 Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Cool finds here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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