Find Those Morel Mushrooms!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Morel mushrooms, it's time to start the hunt! Knowing morel species and the special environments they likes is key to foraging success.
Filmed in May of 2020 to present to you just as morel season is starting in 2021.
Do morels grow in your area? Check out www.inaturalis... and search their data maps to find out!
Interested in knowing more about the toxicology of Morchella, Verpa or Gyromitra? Check out these resources:
Neurological Effects of Morchella Species by Denis R Benjamin MD (Fungi Magazine):
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Short Essay on the Edibility of Verpa bohemica by Paolo Davoli and Nicola Sitta:
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Gyromitra Toxin Article By Michael Beug: namyco.org/doc...
A molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus Gyromitra in North America by Andrew Methven (Scientific Paper)
www.researchga...
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Wisconsin here..my brother( RIP) could find them as easy as tying his shoes..i just dont have the eye , or luck he did.
Rest in paradise to your brother
@@bagelguy3447 thank you.
Rip dude I live northern canada and find black morels everywhere
@@harleymays1736 thanks for the rip and your a lucky dog finding those mushrooms
RIP
This was so informative! Thank you, I really enjoyed your video and now I'm super excited to find some morels! I live in Detroit, Michigan but I camp a lot and take my dogs walking on a lot of trails. Last year I found a BUNCH of chicken and hen of the woods mushrooms! It was so exciting!
Thank you! I love chicken of the woods, but we don't have hen of the woods out this way and I wish I could experience finding one! You're likely in a good area for morels too I bet.
@@YellowElanor Thank you for the great video!
Holy Mother of all Morel Mushroom Masters, Batman! I have watched 4-5 RUclips videos trying to find good Morel hunting guidance and BOOM, finally hit the Mother Load. Thank you X 100 for this rich-in-content video masterpiece, delivered with superior palatability. I'm also in Washington and was concerned about Morel availability here. No more worries! I'll be baaaaaack.
hard to say it all, but you and the videographer make such enjoyable content. And the personality in front of the camera is a joy to be taught by~
Thank you so much! My brother and I have a lot of fun putting these together, I'm glad it comes through in an enjoyable way.
@@YellowElanor You have such an ease talking in front of the camera. I like this format so much more than "scripted" videos :-)
she is obnoxious and spreading misinformation.
@@meganmclaughlin9056 thanks megan for sharing your thoughts
@@meganmclaughlin9056 :þ maybe you just don't know enough about mushrooms to know
There is nothing more interesting than a really smart lady that speaks scientific upon mycelium. Good Heavens.
Thanks!
I always say I'm not going to do the Mushroom Dance but it just happens when I find what I'm looking for. Glad to see I'm not the only one
thats funny!
Mushroom Dance Yeah! So we filmed that last spring, and I totally forgot my brother had that on camera until reviewing the footage last week, ha! What a surprise, but it shows the authenticity of the moment that a lot of us foragers feel!
So, it totally looked like you were digging around in "Poison Ivy" at one point. That might be a conversation worth having someday.
P.S. I just got here and I'm totally digging it. ;-)
That 'eye calibration' thing works the same way with spring peepers. You hear them all around you.. but you can't see a single one... until you do. Then, you see them everywhere!
Yes!
She’s back!!!! Wooooo 🤙that morel happy dance had me rolling over here😂 It never loses it’s magic. Big score with that shed you found as well wow. Hope you and your bro keep these coming. Best educational mushroom vids out there. Thanks for making it fun and exciting for us your charisma is contagious. Happy foraging🍄🍄
Haha, yes the happy dance was fully caught on camera this time! And thank you, as much as we try to keep things coming we aren't the best at releasing a lot of content at once 😆
Of all the mushroom content, you create the best!
Thank you so much!
I was told not to pluck them out. But cut them so they can regrow the following year.
This is a common misconception, I actually have a video discussing cutting mushrooms vs plucking them. Overall, neither method seem to be more beneficial to the mushroom production.
Ultimately, when a mushroom is cut, the part that is left behind simply rots away, it does not regrow. The mycelium--which is the underground root like structure of a fungi--is what continues to live all year and then produces new mushroom structures when the season is right.
Actually got addicted to mushroom hunting because of one of your earliest videos on Spring Porcini. Hands down the best mushroom content on RUclips
Ha! That's a great compliment! Thank you so much.
@@YellowElanor well deserved!
if you haven't yet, try stuffing morels with your choice of cheese- slice bottom of stem, and keep them whole. Then batter and deep fry upside down. My favorite preparation! Also you're freaking gorgeous!!
Oh my gosh!! You are such an angel rn!! I’ve literally spent the past 4 days in Montana and Idaho hunting these boys😩😩 imma go back out tmrw and Definitely get to it with this amazing new info👌 bless🙏🙏
I wish you luck! Seriously, look for true fir species--specifically Grand Fir...I'm pretty sure Idaho has a good Morchella snyderi season.
i know how you feel, when you finally found a good spot and been going for years and someone also found your spot and leaving behind hints of pickings. always love your videos it's fun to watch.
Somebody found my hen of the woods spot. They were all cut down when I got there last autumn. The person didn't leave me anything!
We had the black morels on the farm in Iowa… typically found en masse around the decaying oaks.
Sooooo tasty!
Our morels in Iowa were HUGE in comparison though!
Thank you for this thorough Morel workshop for the PNW!
You're welcome!
Unfortunately, we no longer have Native Americans to teach us how they harvested and cooked mushrooms.
Great video.
Great channel. Love the hunts. 🧡🖤🤎🤩 Thanx!!
Also, helps to wear camo and sneak quietly; those deer just ahead of you are eating the best ones. Cheers from michigan!
Yessss! Hi fellow Michigander! I found hen and chicken of the woods last year in parks around Southfield! Where are you in MI?
@@enjolim.4778 I'm in Kalamazoo; had an awesome year for hens, too! 28 pounds in one haul! Good luck out there
hi I'm twelve years old and I love your channel I also live in Washington but I only find oyster mushrooms What trails do you go to. I usually try to go to Whidbey and wenatchee.
The very reason when we were very young (ie - smaller), we kids found the morels faster than the full grown adults!
As a tall adult now with a spine injury, I often wonder if I could train my dog to search specifically for morels, so I won’t have to bend down!
Morel of the story. They’re hard to spot. Blend in very well.
I love channels that actually teach me something. Thank you for your channel.
Only thing wrong, real grass fed butter is a super eat. So are these mushrooms. Eat all you want.
"you will usually find morels under hardwood trees", finds a dozen under a pine tree.
I live in a damp area of Tennessee with a literal shit ton of trees… especially pine. Do you know of a specific time of year they works best in the south? I pulled over 100 liberty caps from within 20 ft of my front door, but that’s all I can find lol
'Different species like different environments'
Here they are under fruit trees... Michigan.
I've always wondered how many choice edibles I pass without knowing!
Hard not to wonder when I often find them after passing by once or twice!
I just walked in the door from finding pounds of them with my dad I'm stoked to see this!
Whoohoo!
I -feel- taste your excitement! And... appreciate your advice. BTW you are a catch!
I love your enthusiasm Eleanor! I totally concur! I wait all year for these lovelies!
Great video Rachel! I really appreciate your genuine love for mushrooms and your passion to learn more and teach what you know! You’re just as excited with the last one you found as you are with the first one, and that I can relate with! Although lately, I haven’t been hunting too much ....
I recently moved to the west coast of British Columbia, from the interior:... the west coast has vastly different climate and forest type than what I’m used to... it Rains a lot here and the forests are crazy thick, black berries and ferns and moss everywhere ! all sorts of green stuff! I’m not used to so much green! And I don’t know where to look for morels!
I’m use to a pretty temperate climate and I know just where to look I’m my home area, but out here I have had little luck... although I haven’t dedicated much time to searching for morels , mainly because I don’t know the areas and I’ve been doing more fishing instead, but I’ve also felt discouraged because I’m out of my element, but I really want to get back out there and feel the joy of finding the morels like you showed in this video.
Took me years to find good producing morel spots in my home forests, out here seems like a lot harder hunting.
Any advice?
Omg I have autism so I kinda obsess over mushrooms. I am SO glad that I found your channel and I can’t wait to watch more videos!
Why not learn to grow them. It is a very fascinating hobby.
I'm happy the videos have been fun for you! Yay!
"You can basically trip over them as you walk through the forest. Here's looking at you Minnesota, whose state mushroom is a Morel..."
You sayyyy that, but the last time I tripped over morells, I was 9 years old... I even remember the location. Unfortunately, I live 2 hours away... le sigh. And yes, I live in Minnesota. 🙂
Cut morels 1/4 inch like onion rings,flour and cook.When people see these,they known you been in the woods
Yay! Love your videos. That was very informative. I can't wait for morels to start popping at my elevation! It's about that time!
Thank you! Yes, get ready!
I’m going to scout some areas in OR this weekend, found gyromitras in WA yesterday so morels will be here soon. Saw a huge flush of burn morels posted this week in the OR burn areas though.
Yeah the low elevation burns down that way have been doing well it seems. Some great signs of naturals popping up now too in WA!
I have researched RUclips for Morel mushroom information, for about one year now. Though there are plenty of them out there but your video trumps them all, in my opinion.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you so much for all the pertinent information about morel!!! So informative and entertaining as well. I am a subscriber now. I will go through all your videos on other mushrooms as well... I haven't found any morels yet (A new Morel mushroom hunter) but this channel is a better find than the morel mushrooms!!
I got my season coming up in a month-ish so I have to get ready!
Time to start staring at photos of morels every night before bed!
@@YellowElanor this is totally unrelated, but I can't get the thought out of my head. It's that time of year when we watch and rewatch mushroom videos on a level that makes binge watching a quick distraction. Since it bothers you so much to say that you can use various mushrooms to die I was thinking of a way to say it differently. You can use them to color like dyeing cloth. It really appears to bother you so I wanted to help out. I'm in Washington state also. Us girls of the PNW gotta stick together after all.
Yeppers ❤️, gotta love the Morel Mushrooms. I've been finding a few and made a Pennsylvania morel mushrooms video.
Good foraging everyone 👋❤️
Yay! Great!
@@bouncerslabrealnature9143 Also from Pennsylvania and found a few greys couple days ago. Hoping as it warms up again to find some more.
How far do you usually let it go before you leave the morels? (like how dry and/or crumbly) I have found some that are super dry, and some that still feel kinda rubbery but end up being a bit on the crumbly side. The super dry ones I have left, but unless I notice it's pretty crumbly I still tend to pick it. (I should mention they were all morchella snyderi if I remember correctly) Bingg!
Great question. For me, if I find super dry morels, but they still have structural integrity (feeling similarly to what fresh morels feel like after I dehydrate them in a dehydrator), then I will harvest them. If morels are crumbly (whether dry or still moist/rubbery), it means bugs have enjoyed the bulk of their mass and I leave those be. Good job on the morel ID!
@@YellowElanor Thanks, I wouldn't have thought about them being like a dehydrated morel. I will definitely remember that for the next time I go out. :)
This was every informative, entertaining and easy to watch. Well done!
wild woman who knows about mushrooms? subscribed. Thank you for your content!
this channel is dope.
I went foraging in Eastern WA the other day and I didn't see a single Fungi.
We need a few days of solid rain don't we...
I'm over here in Spokane I went out the other day an haven't seen not a one lol not even a puffball we definitely need some 🌧️☔
@@eurotrip8541 Yeah me too, I went to the bowl and Pitcher.
Awesome an antler, time to go looking for morels
Thanks! Yes it is.
I want to tell you that your excitement alone will keep me watching your videos!!! I've never been mushroom hunting, but I now want to😊
Great video. I'm up near Index WA and a friend just found Morels near Monroe. Time to start looking. Thank you.
Oh man you're lucky you got rain to produce those gems.
Here in California we haven't gotten a drop for almost a month. That forces us diehards to travel long distances to get to high elevations to the snow melt burn areas. That's a tricky balance when the soil temp has to be 50ish. It can be done tho for those out there in drought areas like me.
Great video thankyou!
PS Resist the temtation, don't bother buying foreign imported morels. they taste like nothing!!
This was filmed last spring! Towards the end of the season after lots of rain.
We haven’t had much rain here either! It’s so crispy and dry out! Fingers crossed for some good rainfall this weekend though.
I am a beginner to morels, how do you find appropriate mixed forests while first scouting? Google map? Not sure if you have any resources we can use? Thanks!
I use a mix of resources, sometimes simply googling "hikes with 'such and such trees'" and seeing what comes up. Sometimes the Forest Service has maps with layovers that show where certain species are common. And, if you see a spot that looks nice to forage, you can try looking at the street view on Google Earth to eyeball what species might be around!
I have a question. I've seen other foragers and mushroom "experts" say that you shouldn't pull morels from the ground, because it disturbs the mycelial structure. Is this just a myth?
Btw, I didn't mean to include YOU in my sarcastic quotation marks. I can tell that you know what you're talking about. ;)
Haha, no worries, I would include myself in the "experts" category, maybe in a few more years I'll be an official expert.
I actually have a video where I address the cut vs pluck dilemma. Overall, the research indicates that it doesn't matter if you cut vs pluck. The mycelial disturbance from plucked mushrooms is quite minimal, however, I recall hearing from many folks saying to cut morels specifically when I was first learning. From what I can tell that is more passed down from tradition...I haven't found any official data backing up that claim.
I always find it hard to find morels until I've found one and gotten my eyes "calibrated," like you said!! Happy hunting!!
Great video!
I'm going tomorrow in the woods looking for Morchella esculenta, hopefully I'll find some.
We actually eat Verpa bohemica in Italy!
I hope you find some too! And that's great to know, I knew in some areas Verpa was pretty typical to consume, it's a bit of a controversy where I live still.
@@YellowElanor Thank you! We make sure to boil verpas for at least 40 minutes and remove the water before consuming them. Morchellas as well.
Mind you, in France they sell and eat Gyromytra gigas, and everything is labelled with caution signs! I know that mycotoxins levels change for the same species depending on the habitat and the latitude at which they grow, but consuming Gyromytras is considered dangerous where I live and I think it's quite extreme.
I live in northern Puget sound.. whats kind of environment should i be looking for to find my first moral? This will be my 3 yr hunting this evasive Houdini. The moral..
Btw.. every informative vid. 👍 I'll probably watch this a few more time for the education.
I have enjoyed your Morel Hunting videos since deciding to forage this spring 2024 in Kentucky. Would you recommend a Mushroom Field Guide, Please? You've mentioned that some resources have conflicting published information. Thank you Elanor and please keep up the excellent content!!
YE.......very informative video, a pleasure to watch and learn from! i'm only a few years into spring foraging, after over a decade of fall fungi. i've been fortunate to have friends take me to logged/thinned/burn morel locations over the past few years, but have yet to find 'naturals'. the trees/understory in this video look similar to where we find fall mushrooms, Westside of the Cascade range i presume? care to share general elevation? TIA and please keep the videos coming, i've subscribed! :)
Love your channel! Binge watching! We have so me huge webs and spiders. I carry a stick or limb/long twig. I go around waving the stick around in front of me to knock them down before I move through the trees. I'm sure I look pretty nutts!!
"Dry land fish" is what they sometimes call them in the eastern mountains because they look like a fish when sliced in half (especially after being battered and fried). We also get these small 'Poplar' morels, M. diminutiva. Hard to spot!
Yes I've heard that term! It made the laugh the first time I heard it, but with the cut in half shape it makes a lot of sense. I've yet to experience finding those tiny M dminutiva.
Thanks for your knowledge, I really love to pick and eat morels. They make my tongue tingle though.
Wow what a wonderful video!!! You are clearly passionate about mushrooms and educating about them! This is a video that I will refer to all my friends who show literally any interest in mushrooms as I go on and on endlessely about how awesome foraging is 😄! What could be better than walk in the woods treasure hunting surrounded by nature?! You have definitely earned a subscribe from me and I look forward to checking out more of your videos🍄♥️ It's a bit early yet but I'm obsessed like many other mushroom hunters are and already getting excited about the spring 🍄 season...this was a perfect video to get the gears turning so thank you 🙌
I typically hunt morels in Northern Michigan along the 45 parallel and I often come across the Verpa Bohemica. Not knowing if this is considered a good edible mushroom, could you please let me know wheather or not if it is recommend to eat the caps of these mushrooms as I will stay away from the stem as it looks, more than kindof gross. And thanks for the useful information, between you and Adam Haritan, you folks are giving me an education. Thanks.
I missed you guys! I love all your videos! Happy mushroom hunting ♥️
Thank you so much!
The best and most informative info about morel mushrooms on RUclips! Thank you. I will be out looking once it warms up here in Saskatchewan.
Wow most detailed Morel 🍄 video ever. I'm hoping u will do a video on pscibocybon 🍄
Thank you so much for your videos. They are so detailed yet clear and simple to understand. As a new mushroom enthusiast, they have helped me so much!
My father was lucky enough to grow up in Michigan were as he told me grow everywhere. Never had one hope before i die i do..
Clicked on this so fast - thank you for the really informational video! Hoping I can find my first morels around my area and this has been extremely helpful.
Thanks Anna! I hope you find some too! You seem like someone who would also do a happy dance if you find them ;)
I have found almost every mushroom I have looked for. With the exception of Morel and the Pine Mushroom.
Hi Rachel! Another great video! Keep them coming! I'm going Morel hunting today. Perfect timing for me to re watch this video! You coming back to NY anytime this year?
Enjoyed and learned so much from your video.
Thank you.
I am in Washington State, Q: when is the best time of year to start looking for mushrooms
In Michigan I found my best luck in new growth popular or popple trees and I mean hundreds of them!!!
Huge controversy around the Gyro. Species. Would love to go foraging with you ❤
Just came across my first morels of the season here in Montana. M. brunnea, on a south facing slope of a mountain, at about 2,800 feet, growing in a stand of hemlock and red birch. That is really early for this part of the country. We usually don't start finding any until after the 1st week of May.
They are the coolest looking shroom🤗 and delicious! My son is a master at finding them👍🏼 happy hunting y’all from Minnesota ❤️
I love your channel! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in such a fun way :)
Great video, thanks. We live in Portland and I am exited to go look for Morels this Spring. I have not hunted for them since I was a kid living in Georgia.
I describe them as a phallic brain, except in more vulgar terms. I mean the cap really looks like a wrinkly brain.
Early morning light is my favorite to hunt in. Sometimes the afternoon light that drops dappled light onto the forest floor makes hunting very difficult for me.
Leave no evidence 🤔 interesting technique.
Cant give away your prime spot lol
All morels are yellow. Blacks will turn yellow, Grey's will turn yellow. I thought different my entire life
Hunting Morel's is like being the detective in a homicide case in which you are also the murderer.
Thank you for your information is I can applied to production for herbal synergy
You are really good at describing the mushrooms and I love to see you get so excited when finding them I have a daughter that you remind me so much of. I do have one question do these mushrooms have to grow close to water if you could answer this for me it would help me a lot I haven’t been into mushroom hunting bee long
If I don't find any this year I'm going to go nuts. I'm in southern Ontario but the things have to be around somewhere. Lol two years ago a friend and I got a nice haul but last year got skunked. Depends on the weather which we all know is not normal these days. Hopefully this year is better.
@charlesmyco_
Morels aren't as common in my part of the world (Northeastern Ontario) not to say that there aren't any but they are far and few between. The snow has just finished melting here so ill be out and about morel hunting in a week or two. It sucks because we don't have many elm, cherry, apple, apricot, ash trees in this area so I can't find them by frequenting areas with those types of trees.
Sure makes you a dedicated forager to keep looking despite the odds being stacked against you!
@@YellowElanor awwwe thank you for the kind reply.... and I probrably should've clarified that I was referring to the province in Canada and not the city in California 😁 it snowed again last night and today so it'll be another two weeks minimum before any morels pop up here.
Love hunting! Mushrooms can be more challenging than hunting game fishing and trapping!
We definitely see that the cameraman finds our lady as more photogenic than the mushroom or foliage! 😃
Woah....super informative! Thank you!
Took me 4 days to find one in California! But I found a black morel!
Great informative & enthusiast video Rachael! I find these big, totally yellow even golden morels in OK that I believe are simply older specimens of the grey M Esculentoides, mostly in cedar mulch in OK; wondering if you have these up there? I sure want to visit a PNW burn this year! So lovely to see you in a new vid! Keep them coming💖
Thank you! We do have a pure yellow species, but probably something different than what you've got in OK--but not sure on that!
@@YellowElanor Are you making any new vids in '22?
>35 minute video on morels with ads galore. No thanks 👎🏼
It would be great to see you make a burn morel specific video.
Thanks for such good information , always interesting to watch!
Thank you! 😊
Thank you so much for continuing to share this incredibly helpful information! I have learned so much from your videos & watch them more than once to refresh my memory.
Wow! You guys found the morel jackpot!
Are they associated with the conifers or?? Thank you 🙏
Always hoping to come across others in the woods who enjoy these things... Nobody talks to people who arent on their friends list anymore though
Very True
Are you in Maine? If you are, have you found any morels up there?
Ready for a dumb question? I live in WA (so far so good, right?) and I've been scouring areas that look exactly like the environment you say to find morels. But, nope! Nada! Nil! How prolific are they really? Is it safer to say, "If there are morels to be found, then they will be found in areas like such and such."? Or, "In areas that looks like this, you will find morels."?
Yes, ready for a dumb question ;)
I would say that timing is much harder to pin point than location is. Over the years I have found that "In areas that look like this, you will find morels"...so long as you are there in the right timeframe and so long as you can spot them.
They are more prolific than I expected, of course some seasons are simply a bummer as to be expected with rainfall and such. It really is a puzzle to put together, but they're out there!
This channel is awesome. Every video I’ve seen I feel like I need to watch to the end.
That sound of the first cut!
So satisfying...
I ate a varpa this year and my stomach was bloated really bad for a night. 🥴