Kansas mushrooms in the news and the crappie.com of the morel world www.morelhunters.com
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Kansas mushrooms in the news and the crappie.com of the morel world www.morelhunters.com
Thank you "Gem". I enjoyed your link.
George,
Thanks for the link. What other types of mushrooms do you usually find during the time of year that morels are popping?
Also, what are the typical conditions that make morels start popping? How long after they pop will they last on the ground, assuming no one finds them?
Thanks esox!
Wknd, during morel season I see a large number of different species of mushrooms in addition to morels, primarily members of the genus Gyromitra, or the false morels. I do not recommend them for the table, although some people do consume so called "red morels", there is evidence to suggest the toxin they contain is accumulative.
Occasionally oysters can be found in the spring but they can be pretty buggy when the weather is warm.
Morels are strictly vernal, but the best time of year for hunting edible mushrooms is midsummer, when the diversity of our forests' really comes into glory. Well over a thousand species of fungi have been documented in Kansas and somewhere around 30 are quite good. That said, there are a handful of species that are severely toxic, some even deadly!
Here are some of my fungi albums, many of the photos include captions, but I have yet to label all of them.
Mushroom Album
Mushroom Album II
Just Morels
They need warmth and moisture, however it is hard to determine when conditions are right by exclusively relying on observations of regional temperature and rainfall (although this is certainly helpful as a general guide). Forest habitat can harbor a broad diversity of micro-climates.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wknd Warrior
Presuming conditions are about average, a morel will persist for two to four weeks. Under the best circumstances they will actively grow for about three weeks, sometimes even longer! So, if you find babies that are unlikely to be found by a competitor, it is worth waiting for them to mature. They can grow substantially, and the growth isn't always a steady progression, moisture and temperature plays an important, if somewhat unpredictable, role.
Thanks for starting this thread and posting the links, georgem. Here's the real question... Have YOU found any yet?:D
I need to get out and find some since they go so well with crappie. :D I've really been stacking up so many fillets this year that my freezer is getting full.... not.:o :eek: Guess I need to get serious about the fishing too, or I will be serving a lot of french fries at my next fish fry.
Hey GMS thanks for starting this thread. I havent posted anywhere else but i found a freak cluster monday that were wind/freeze burned already. I think they started coming up last thursday because the soil in my yard was 62 degrees but then it got cold again and probably stunted or stopped them from growing..i havent found any fresh ones and i think this cold is gonna set em back again. Hey taxi I would trade you a mushrrom hunt for a slab hunt??:D
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Taxi, aside from looking at a few spots in my yard I haven't been out to check. I usually wait until i know they are large enough that I will see them so the babies don't get stepped on.
Cannon14, that is cool! May I place your photo on the morel progression map at 2010 Morel Sightings Map
Thats what happened i stepped on them, i probably wouldnt have seen them if i hadnt knocked them over... ya you can post it.
Done! Thanks. I will attach your name to it if you like.
We went hunting last night around Olathe and didn't find any. Found some good looking trees, but no shrooms. We ran into an older gentleman and his wife. They didn't find any either. I'm sure this cold will push them back a little. Last year, I found most of mine right around the first of May.
Thanks for all the info. I live around the OKC, OK area and I would love to know where to go to find some myself. If anyone has any info for my area around Yukon, OK please let me know where a good spot would be to hunt some shrooms..
Funny, I have friends that are on their way to hunt Oklahoma morels as i type. I can't tell you where they are going or i would be greased-out. But I can say this, hunters that are focusing on areas north of OKC are doing really well right now.
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Originally Posted by Hotrod2
i,ve never been morel hunting and would like to try it are there any around big hill and where?
Nice site you got over there,any mushroom hunter needs to check it out, and great photos too Gm....
Sounds great!!! Wait, which one am I supposed to provide??:confused: Either way it's a bad deal for you cause I suck at both.:D:p:D I guess you haven't read my posts about hooking trees...;)Quote:
Originally Posted by cannon14
Seriously though, I know of a good place to do both at the same time.:D I've got all day Friday, April 30 to fish and (shroom) hunt. Post or PM if you're interested.
For those wanting to trade a m-hunt for a slab-hunt I can provide the on the water slabbers w/ equip provided. Dates and areas limited to our eastern area. PM me at dkv PS George glad u'r back and on top the shroom-scene awsome albums. U need to publish them.
Crop_E_Man. I don't know of any specific sites around BigHill but in general S.E. KS is home to excellent morel hunting grounds. You will probably have to do some footwork to find good spots. Perhaps you can enlist a local to serve as a guide, I bet someone would be interested in trading fishing tips for mushroom spots.
Went out a for a guick look tonight and found some more old dried up ones but nothing new, we need some rain, and those nightime temps to stay up.
pm sent taxi and dkv
Starting to see them at the farm. The mushrooms could use rain but I was just out at Pomona Lake and it certainly doesn't need any more water... I'm torn.
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I don't know if its over,but here on the Mo. side it was the worst year in 20 years for me.
I took two friends out on Saturday and searched for nearly 5 hours. 4 hours in, we thought we were going to get skunked, but luckily found a pile of really big ones in the last hour of searching. They were fresh, new, bigguns.:D We didn't count, but the three of us were so stuffed with mushrooms that we barely ate any fish. So I had leftover fillets for lunch yesterday.:D;)
I'm no expert on mushrooms, but I don't think it's over yet. We just need the right combination of warmth, moisture, and overcast skies, right?:confused:
I think we have less than a week to expect much at all if anything. This is the worst year for morels I have had in a long time. I found six pounds at my farm so far—we usually pull in 30-50 pounds here..... El Niņo maybe?
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Makes my mouth water, found enough for three meals, might go look again today.
Same dead cottonwood tree...
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WTG there! I was all over the woods last weekend and nota shed nota shroom.:o I would have been happy finding either one. Maybe I need new glasses.Rofl
if this rain and upper 70-80 degrees don't get em up there won't be any
Hands ClappingHands Clapping found about 20 smalls today in about an hour.
Al
Looked again Friday and Sunday. Only found poison ivy.Doh Maybe next weekend...:rolleyes: