How to find Morel Mushrooms

[@lawrencewolfe883]

I am 58 years old and I started hunting mushrooms as a family in Carter county Ky. when I was 8 yrs old. what Ive noticed in my experience over the years is that they are two totally different varieties. I have seen yellows grow as big as a quart mason jar and the grays, (where we come from people call them poplar mushrooms,) Ive never seen them get any bigger than a quarter and never change color. I have as a kid left grays grow where I found them and checked them every day till they dried up and they never got any bigger or changed color over several days. personally I think the grays are a bit more flavorful and a bit stronger flavor, whereas the yellows are a lot more mild tasting. personally I prefer the yellows myself. some of the best times I can remember as a kid was our family mushroom hunting trips where we packed a lunch and spent the whole day in the woods around our Carter County home. the simple way and my favorite way to cook them is to slit the mushroom into and put in a bowl of cold water with some salt and let soak over night, kills any tiny critters that might be hiding inside, the next day we rinsed well in a colander and let drain, pat lightly with a paper towel, then tossed them in an empty bread sack with a cup of martha white corn meal, shake lightly till well coated. put some lard in a skillet, I prefer my cast iron skillet and heat the lard till hot. I pour the mushrooms out of the sak onto a plate and then pick them from the corn meal and drop them in the hot grease, you should have about a half inch of grease in your skillet. after dropping them in the hot grease I salt and pepper to taste. you should take a fork and keep a constant watch on them frying cause it only takes a few minutes till they are golden brown. pick them out of the grease and place them on a paper towel covered plate then enjoy. there like fried green tomatoes you'll be lucky if they make it to the dinner table.

[@chuckthompson1195]

lawrence wolfe I do a lot of huntin in Carter county also. In the last few years I've got into huntin various bolete type mushrooms, bay boletes, old man of the woods, wild porcini's ect.. I highly recommend all those edibles as well as hens chickens and puffballs...lol and hedgehogs. Happy hunting! ✌

[@TheAuntieBa]

Thanks for posting this - wonderfully clear! I woodchipped our backyard, which was sand dunes when we built A couple years later, a huge slope of morels! Alas, only the one year...

[@CatmanOutdoors]

This is very informative, thanks for sharing your advice. I haven't found any yet, have only looked once, but now I have a much better idea of where to start and how important it is not to overlook the thick green ground cover.

[@shadowfaxx1]

I've never tasted or hunted morels, but plan to soon. Thank you for the great advice! This is just what I was looking for.

[@evilassaultweaponeer]

I remember the first time I found morels. I was at a weekend Boy Scout camp out, and a few of us went for a walk in the woods. The first one we found was 5-6 inches tall, and once we started looking we filled up two plastic grocery bags and fed the whole camp!

[@benjolin1623]

I can't wait to get out there this spring and find these little ones.

[@MushroomKingMo]

Elms are only one of many trees! Dead Cotton woods! They are mycorrhizal the live of live tree roots. Thats the network you speak of what a web. I have found that the morels often thrive off Micronutrients on the forest floor. Love the video!

[@Sw33T5AtivA4ME]

Thanks for the video, I watched this video, went out The same day and found A BUNCH of Yellow Morels, MY FIRST TIME This video was miraculously helpful, I used every tactic in it and succeeded within 10 minutes of going into the forest, Than YOU!

[@garylee5943]

Love looking for mushrooms in the spring! A great reason to get outdoors. Also turkey huntin and fishing!!

[@grwoodsman]

just found 9 lbs. of them yesterday with my brotherinlaw.About 180 of them. Mostly yellows. Once we started finding them it took about 2 hours.Southeastern Wi. Talked to my other brotherinlaw and him and his wife just found about 15 lbs the other day and they live up near the Missippi river also in Wi.

[@steuieee]

Yes, I noticed that, too. He should have something porous. I always use a cotton net laundry bag. That works very well.

[@jerryrouth6115]

Daryl, Jerry Routh here from FISH4fun videos. I gave your channel a SUB. I love hunting Morals and this was a very well done video. I want thank you for sharing it with us. I'll get off now and watch the rest your videos. Once again thanks.

[@headcollector100]

last spring was my first time getting into hunting mushrooms. found a sack full of the yellow ones on the hill side in front of my house. some of them were a foot tall, my uncle said they were the biggest shrooms he had ever seen. found them around the base of tulip poplars

[@rjkbjkayser]

Im so addicted to hunting morel mushrooms , and it's wonderful for the grandchildren. Its like another Easter egg hunt after Easter.. So please get the kids out in the nature

[@barefootjesus517]

Jacqueline Kayser I couldn't agree more!!! my 6 year old. daughter found her first one on her own this evening. she ended up finding 6 total.

[@mpaz48mo]

Excellent video, great advice. Can you show us a close up of the trees they grow under next time? I have a hard time distinguishing the different elms with other trees. Thanks.

[@baidugames6892]

fresh maitake is also very tasty, when one pick it fresh off the ground, just wash it, then pan fry it with butter, salt, and pepper, it tastes as good as morels... those comes in later in the season

[@VaughnMalecki]

Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to get out there and hunt for my first time. God is good!

[@Mr151josh]

Nice video elifestyle very smooth. I will incorporate some of your techniques in my future videos as I am an up and coming youtuber. Morels are never easy to find that's why we call it hunting not picking. Everyone has a different theory on how to find morel mushrooms but this video does give some nice tips.

[@Ndags23]

I am hunting for the first time this year! Wish me luck!!!

[@m.henderson3560]

good luck

[@redresch]

Here's hoping Northern IL are popping! Going out today and all weekend. Temps cooling a bit (was in the low 80's the last two days, :( ) and some rain coming. 50's this weekend. Here's hoping. I went out last weekend and none of my spots had anything going on.

[@yergaderga]

Awesome tutorial! I didn't know you could find Morels in May!

[@richhowlett5815]

This was the greatest Mushroom harvest video I've ever seen... 8:04... (dirty damp fingers) "these are real fresh" my man, you just pinched that! lol so great...

[@barahng]

Plenty of mushrooms have a flavor profile, albeit very subtle in many species. The various varieties of truffle being the best example. Black Truffles are a delicacy because of their sweet flavor. Fun fact: France used to actually cultivate absurd volumes of truffles on the tree roots they have a mychorrhizal association with. I'm surprised truffle farms aren't more common considering the ludicrous value truffles can reach. On top of that, the tree the truffles grow on can also produce a marketable product!

[@angeleyes102278]

Thank you for making this video. Very informative 😊

[@85HillBobby]

Really informative video I never knew what poison ivy looks like I'm not allergic (thank god none of the guys in my family are) but it's nice to know so if I take friends with me I can help them avoid getting it

[@dmilesfan]

Excellant video, best that I have seen on youtube.

[@Stonehouse15301]

went out for a walk yesterday. Found 120 around a single tree...yum

[@DiSwHiTeBoY2KrAzY]

i found 121 of them on the rail road tracks yesterday..in the rocks and in the grass..they grow every were

[@daryljohnson5585]

Wishing everyone success this year! Won't be long!!

[@DJPain1]

@Trashfished I still have yet to find any harvest-worthy blacks. I always find them late in the season. Are you searching burn areas as well? Hope this coming season is better for morels than last year.

[@MiWilderness]

Great information on hunting morels. Thanks! Roosevelt

[@DJPain1]

@WinyanStaz The largest ones I've found have been under giant oak trees... not necessarily dead ones either. The patches I've found have been around medium-sized elm. I'm not expert though.

[@RalphCrammedIn]

This is an endeavor in its own category indeed - like an optical illusion many times! (scan the area once and move on but come back from a different direction and lo and behold there's the Mother Lode, etc). Went out hunting yesterday for hours with disappointing results (about 20). But sitting at the park's picnic table prior to leaving (checking for tics, etc), witnessed a steady parade of happy campers stumbling out of the woods with BULGING bags (several pounds or more) where i'd just been!! Equally frustrating and rewarding but persistence pays off!! Keep trudging along folks! Ideally I'd like to 'domesticate' morels and grow them myself...but that would take out the fun factor.

[@barahng]

I disagree, mushroom cultivation is an adventure all in itself mate.

[@barahng]

barahng Hit enter by mistake like an ass. If you think about it, you are in a way cultivating the mushrooms even when you harvest them, you yourself are passively propagating them to locations their mycelium or spores might not have reached.

[@charronfamilyconnect]

Thank you for an awesome presentation. It was very informative. Where I live we have mostly ash and oak trees. Hopefully, I can find some this year. In closing, to help increase my chance of finding morels in the field, would you mind providing us with the film location in your closing credits. :)

[@MrCraigary123]

Apple trees are a good source as well, I today found 16 in my lawn under and around an old apple tree the were greys and there small ones I left to grow more

[@21kpatriot]

That's Actually more important than pinching them off. Since they grow from spores. I've never heard or seen evidence of them regrowing from the root like a weed. Thanks for spreading the knowledge Dutch!

[@fckfracking6409]

seems like here in South western PA most of my hot spots are now drill pads.. I've found morels at work one time where the guy would dump all his old mulch and weeds behind his shed..ha! never went back ... should tho..

[@Trashfished]

@jacksonwonderful I shroom in Barry county Mich. Not a good year last year, had a large fire here so maybe that will help?? My black spots have not produced too much the last 5 years or so. My job is terrible for shrooming(my passion).10 hour days and all.so true about the large oaks and the late ones stick out like a sore thumb there! Hey! hope ya pick piles of them this spring!

[@samuel19641]

Oh yea, I flick before I pick. I have one patch that has produced over 12 years. Never pull the "roots". I always cut smooth with a knife not pinch. Like I said, this is a "real proven test of time methods". Try my way and you'll have many a year with these tastes.

[@annabanana138]

I just found some today:) fun, fun, fun.

[@wolvenblacktalon1]

umm the morel hunting time is wene the apple bloosoms are on the trees here in pa. you can find them on trails in the woods or enven got to your local organics shop and buy them morels are my fav i like the in hunters stews and soups on a nice day in the morning hope i helped

[@prutledge07]

mmm I'm looking forward to getting out there this year to get some of those tasty morels. Maybe you can encourage your viewers to use mesh bags instead of plastic to help spread those spores around so we can keep morels around for a long time. =)

[@hyperiongreysolomon7274]

Greetings from Philomath/Corvallis area.

[@hyperiongreysolomon7274]

Ah Poison Ivy, you're more inland I see.

[@REV0Kadavur]

Do you feel that pinching them off can leave them vulnerable to other fungi/bacteria like an open wound? Would that possible Jeopardize them more?

[@MikeHoncho884]

Nice Vid! Do you use onion sacks or mesh bags to spread the spores? I picked up a book by The Mushroom Man at a outdoor show the book said never use plastic bags. Im finding some here in west Michigan We call them Blacks and now getting White's. Again Nice Vid!!!

[@UFOSPACEMAN]

Wonderful video!

[@chrismarto9852]

Always harvest morels in a mesh bag. This allows the microscopic spores to be released back into the ground as you hunt for more. Plastic and paper bags prevent this!

[@strangelyhumorous5178]

I love the taste of morel mushrooms we hunt for them every year but everything you said is what my dad told me I did not learn nothing

[@gcdrummer02]

Curious, he said you can find them around Oaks. Most of the sites i've read say to stay away from Oak trees, they never grow there.

[@mrearlstubbs]

@buddcinder i live in upper michigan and i really cant tell you that....but you dont really just need elms...they are all pretty much gone here...up there...i dont know.keep your eye on poplars,ash,spruce.....watch temps....humidity...lightning,(produces nitrogen)60-70 degrees during the day 50s at nite.morels grow in all states that i know of....timing is crucial!!!!!!!!!!as for the chantrelles....well i can pick hundreds of those a year....but....i really only pick 2 wild edibles,oysters,morel

[@ChrisF116]

Nice shroomies there. I think I'll have to go hunt for some of these guys next spring. Are there any poisonous varieties that resemble the Morel? How would I know, except for cutting open to make sure its hollow?

[@dakkenly]

@fishnkid1923 Actually, that's to get all the critters off the mushrooms. Most of the spores are already off the mushroom when you pick it up, and when the spore is released it can be caught by the wind and blow miles away.

[@buddcinder]

@mrearlstubbs I'm in the Halifax area. How far must I drive to find a good source of elms? I have places to harvest most of the good edibles but Morels elude me and I do like them. Willing to give up a good chanterelle location in return. LOL. My main area runs from Moser River to Shelburne .

[@lidlnutz]

elifestylellc. What part of the country are you in? I here that you are finding them in early may but I'm wondering if that general time of the year will work for me in Minnesota. I've never found or eaten a morel but LOVE mushrooms. Thank you for all of the info.

[@lextaylor5440]

Hey Daryl, great video. I'm under the impression I need to be near the banks of bodies of water. Are they just as common in the woods?

[@MrDanrn999]

Thanks for video!

[@santiagot.981]

Thanks Daryl!

[@rals301]

I live here in oregon and fond these. do they have any poison look a likes?

[@AdamBogan]

Great video man, thanks

[@Soothums]

we dont have very many if not any at all elms in our part of kansas we just have alot of cottonwoods, im guessing you live in the ozarts region of kansas?

[@FishOnIsMyHandle]

Is he still also doing that Gold Fever show on TheOutdoorChannel?

[@AyresRyder]

"I need a stick, here's a stick" BEAR ROAR. Dude, I like you a lot. Smart, clever, and intelligent. Plus, you're a good talker and just cool as heck. Shared and subscribed! Sub back if you feel?...(shameful self promotion). But seriously, thanks for the advice, you've educated me.

[@SandyDriggers]

It looks like you touched poison ivy at minute 8:26 while pointing out a younger leaf. Did you or was that something else? I enjoyed the video - informative.

[@packjim56]

Thank you very much. Very useful info. :)

[@Trashfished]

@jacksonwonderful Actually the largest Ive found have been under giant oaks also! Here in Mich. as the season proggresses I find them more into the hardwoods than early on. I also will find black early ones there way after I thought them done with.

[@YinzerTracy]

Great video. Thanks.

[@lidlnutz]

Thanks. I will remember that.

[@wanderer1031]

the spores don't run through the moss on the epic hillsides you speak of, the mycellium does.

[@MarciaSpen]

I live in Spokane WA are there any in this area and what time of the year do they grow?

[@davidsmith-uq7fr]

I enjoyed the video, but I wanted to comment on something you said. You said the mushrooms will grow all over a hillside because of spore dispersal. While spore dispersal does play a part, it's not necessarily the case. The majority of the organism is called mycelia. That mycelia spreads out under the ground and when it finds a suitable place to release spores it sends up mushrooms. So when you see a patch here, a patch there...........that's all just extensions of one organism.

[@Stonesandminerals]

really good shrooms morels...

[@RushLedZeppelin]

what other hardwood trees do these like to grow around here in southern Pennsylvania?

[@jimmymak7656]

I live in greenville nc is there morels around here, if there is, then how long can you harvest them

[@marmaloam]

it's good advice not to rush the actual picking cos it's such a bummer when you step on them

[@dwetick1]

I've hunted morels with little success...they seem to thrive for about a 2 week period here in PA...How do you get rid of all the little worms contained in them?

[@Surstock]

D Wetick Soak them in salt water over night! That takes care of them.

[@ROFLpwnedvideos]

Are all morel species edible?

[@studapeppahead5384]

Good ol' country AWESOMENESS!

[@smellygoatacres]

I've found that morel hunting is alot like hunting for arrowheads, when you find one, start making a circuit around the one you just found til you get about 8-10 feet out, then move on.

[@elizabethdunahoo3470]

they only by dead trees or by a water source in the woods only in morel season

[@zap1218]

that was awesome!

[@megarouge2001]

Oh, THAT'S why the mesh bag! Every site I see about mushroom hunting say use a mesh bag.

[@buddcinder]

Do they grow in Nova Scotia?

[@Z71Ranger]

Do these make you high? Where you high when you made this video? I find most of my mushrooms in a cow field. I make a tea out of them. They are so good.

[@LubPajTswQab]

I found one morel mashroom on the of a trail and didnt know that it was a mashoom bc i havent seen it before

[@helenaragon1]

Hi I am looking for a place in Utah to hunt mushrooms any suggestions? Thank you!

[@Dutch1722]

use an onion sac so you can spread the spores as you walk.

[@jucker1797]

oh, its great, look up Dan Quayle patatoe, he basically goes to an elementary school and they spell potato on the board, Dan Quayle, the 44th vice president, says "Actually, I think there's supposed to be an E at the end." and the kids are like "WHAT?!" good stuff

[@MrSmurfySmurf]

those are the kind that make you high right???

[@XTen1000DaysX]

just in the woods?

[@KaylaPintSizeTiger]

OMG he's in my backyard!!!

[@wendgord]

carry them in a net bag, then the spores are replanted as you walk

[@probegt75]

I use an onion sack, very good advice

[@terrapinrocks]

Which means you leave a concentration of spores at your parking site and someone else finds your hotspot the next year or two. No thanks.

[@probegt75]

I pick on private property and a sportsman club so that's not an issue.

[@barahng]

Completely unnecessary, mushroom caps create a micro-climate where a pressure gradient exists. This first pulls the spores down out of the cap, and then away from the stem, hopefully into the wind. Just the mechanical action on the fruiting body when its picked is sending spores flying everywhere. There always seems to be people concerned that mushrooms will be "over-hunted". This is absolutely ridiculous, not only is there a huge amount of spores released just by picking them (sort of like how birds transmit seeds in their feces and when eating, the mycelium network supporting the mushrooms you DID see is also supporting the 90% of the rest you didn't, or the ones that have yet to pin or havent poked above the leaf litter. The only time this fear could be considered logical would be the rarer to find in the wild mushrooms, mostly wood lovers which do take a lot longer in a vegetative stage.

[@kennyrupert1402]

Why not help the spores spread further?

[@packjim56]

Are there any poisonous mushrooms that have the appearance of non-poisonous morels, or are morels so unique in their appearance, that no poisonous mushroom looks enough like them and therefore there is no danger of misidentification.

[@scidav87]

How could you dislike this?

[@christinecarr8211]

out again to day foraging and yes watch out for poison ivy i have lots of little rashes and i was careful

[@merrickmcbride16]

7:12 is the funniest part lol....great vid though i sub

[@MycoKing]

Where are you located Daryll?

[@mryouwishy]

good job

[@DJPain1]

@Trashfished Likewise! Let me know if you're ever in the southern/central Wisconsin area.

[@fishnkid1923]

next time use a mesh bag or patatoe sack...that way,while you are walking out,u will drop spores throughout the woods,and more will grow in that area

[@Josephw615]

are these magic mushrooms?