Powerful 2024 Morel Mushroom Secrets from a TOP US Morel Mycologist & Researcher AND 400+ Mushrooms

In this episode we learn powerful morel secrets from Tyler Hacking, one of the TOP Morel Mycologists in the nation. AND we find 400+ Morel Mushrooms. Tyler Hacking shares his morel mushroom secrets to help you find more (and bigger) mushrooms. He also explains how You can help with Morel conservation and research. Here are links to his content and pages...
(Here is the iNaturalist research project that Tyler is managing - Please join and contribute)
www.inaturalist.org/projects/...
www.youtube.com/ @tylerhacking2218
/ tylermhacking
Our channel shares our Utah Mushroom Hunting Adventures. We focus on edible mushrooms and share what we know about what we find.
Never eat a mushroom without 100% positive identification. Here is the Mushroom's of Utah Facebook Page you can use for help with mushroom identification ...
/ 2466870620003674
When asking for help with identification, remember to ...
1. Take a close up picture of the cap
2. Take a close up picture under the cap
3. Also of the stem and the base of the mushroom.
4. Mushrooms of Utah may ask you to take a spore print, so be prepared to do that if asked

[@tylerhacking2218]

Thank you so much for your support Blaine! Your presence supports our research in a huge way, this is the most epic video of our project so far, great work!

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

Thank you Tyler. Also, thank you for allowing me to tag along on this adventure. I loved the info and content that you added to the video experience!! I think it turned out pretty good.

[@brodiwheeler7583]

Hey guys! Great haul, and incredible spot! I was wondering if you could share what altitudes, what aspect mountainsides were facing, and what time of year was this in the Rocky Mountains…? Thanks

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

@@brodiwheeler7583 Hello Brodi, it was about 7,800 ft in elevation, and we found most of them on North facing slopes. This was about two weeks ago.

[@isaactaylor7637]

Those are huge morels! What a great hunt.

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

Yes, it was a great hunt!! Thank you!!

[@sarahogden3826]

Tyler is the one who introduced me to morels! 😊 So sad I couldn’t make it to this one. Great work, guys!

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

Thank you Sarah. This was actually a different hunt. That video will be released next.

[@bendean8720]

Great information! Thank you so much!

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

Thank you!!

[@jessicapatton7862]

Tyler gave such a great talk recently at the Utah Mushroom Society!

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

Yeah, he is awesome! Great kid, and he really knows his morels!!

[@salve_adore]

So cool 😯🎉

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

Thank you!! Yeah, it was epic having Tyler Hacking on the hunt!

[@nouxaykoulavong-ey6fm]

love to watching your show picking wild mushroom in utah

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

Thank you!!

[@careymeade764]

What a great video thanks so much Blaine Tyler is go cool

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kimbrey2]

Okay, I guess I will get on it and get mine uploaded to INaturalist!

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

That would be super helpful to his project for sure!! Thank you Kimbrey!

[@taylorbistline3601]

Are there any morel locations in southern Utah? I've been out for the last two weekends and I've not found anything

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

Yes, there are for sure. But the morel season in southern utah (St George area) is much more sensitive to weather, and the season is shorter. They can be found in a few areas. If you get up closer to Cedar city, or the mountains in that area, there are quite a few more to be found!! It doesn't have to be cedar city either. It can be the back side of those mountains, or any mountains in the area with the right microclimates.

[@bendean8720]

Can you tell us what elevation you were at?

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

Yes, it was about 6,500 ft in elevation

[@bendean8720]

Thanks! It looked like it was a mountain type area

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

Yes, it was up in the mountains among the pine trees. You can find them up any canyon currently between 6200 ft and 7,300 ft on north facing slopes among thick pine tree areas. I recently went up a Salt Lake county canyon and searched an area that I had Never searched before, and found a bunch. I will showcase that area in my next video I release.

[@larryelkington4639]

A couple years ago I was out in the west desert of Utah and found a round ball, I thought. It was white in color, bigger than a softball and smaller than a volleyball. It was some sort of mushroom. What was it and is it eatable.

[@kimbrey2]

I wonder if it was a puffball.

[@larryelkington4639]

@@kimbrey2 Can you eat them?

[@larryelkington4639]

@@kimbrey2 I did a google search and that’s what it looked like. Thanks

[@UtahMushroomHunter]

Hello Larry, yeah it does sound like it could have been a giant puffball (possibly a Calvatia Gigantea), but we can't say for sure without a picture. They are edible if harvested young enough. When they start to turn yellow inside, then they are not good to eat (if it was a puffball). So Kimbrey is likely correct based on what you told us.

[@larryelkington4639]

I took a picture, but not sure how to post it? Thanks