Morel Mushrooms are delicious but hunting and finding them is a spring delight. The mushrooms have a wonderful earthy flavor and are great with steak. Mushrooms hunters are tight lipped so I can only divulge that they were found in the grassy outer edges under neath white pines. Location somewhere in Huron County Michigan. The mighty morel mushroom hunter goes to the woods well prepared. Good shoes, a onion or orange bag so the precious spores can drop along the path, and knowledge of the trees native to your area. You make sure no one is watching as you quickly duck into the woods. You begin your journey head bent to detect any sign of the elusive morel. They might be hiding under a leaf, a heavy blanket of pine needles, or right out in the open. They are fussy but appear to have favorite haunts. We find most of ours near the drip lines of older white pines. In the beginning of the season you are more likely to spot them in the grassy edges of the woods, that is where all of these were found 3 0n Saturday and 5 on Sunday. We have also found them near dead elms, birch, poplar, and maples.
I will try to post pictures of them in there natural habitat but usually forget the camera.
Great story. Love the hunter tips! I've never hunter mushrooms. I hear on the news about people who don't know what they are doing eating poisonous ones, so I stay away. But these look great and sound yummy.
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