Is it still a little too early for finding Morel Mushrooms?

Question

I kind of thought with the mild temps and a little spring rain that they might pop up a little earlier this year.

I live on the Missouri-Iowa border and it's been warm lately but still might be a bit cool. I was out this morning but didn't find anything.

Answer 1

With the warmer weather, you are right, they could pop at any time in your area. Keep checking! Prime time is between right now and May 1st in your area. Here is a link to morel sightings for 2007. Check the map and the list of states below for your state and follow it weekly for updates:

http://morelmania.com/6Sightings/index.html

Here is the message board for those 2 states:

http://www.morels.com/missouri/guestbook.html
http://www.morels.com/iowa/guestbook.html

Answer 2

There are scattered reports of morel harvests drifting in from the upper south and the lower midwest. There are two excellent websites that can give you an idea what is going on in your area. The first "The Great Morel" website. There is a map of the United States where people report sightings and harvests on a daily basis. As I write this, there is activity in far western Tennessee and Kentucky as well as northern Arkansas. Warm weather and rain in the last 24 hours throughout the midwest should spur some activity. Here is a link to the site:

http://www.thegreatmorel.com/sightings.html

My other favorite site is "Morels.com". Their message board is organized by state and there are lots of participants reporting the first mushrooms of spring over a wide area of the lower midwest. Here is a link to the site:

http://www.morels.com/

Good luck this year!

Answer 3

You may be right...start looking. In Michigan and Ohio the little delicious devils start appearing from mid-April, peak around Mother's day and continue until about the end of May. The early ones will come up through snow and if you have had a particularly warm day, lots of sunshine. you may find morels. I dont know where you live so I can only give you my experience from where I live. If you are in a milder climate than Ohio and MI, you could certainly go looking but I think it is a wee bit early to find huge amounts.

Answer 4

finding a morel is likely certainly one of the finer issues in life. first of all you will desire to locate out if your section has them in the 1st place. the distinctive extra universal areas are the southern Midwest -Arkansas, Missouri etc... once you pass to look for them, you will desire to trick your recommendations, they are going to combination desirable in to our surroundings and you will not spot one to keep your life. whilst going foraging for morels pass out the finding section with a coloration image of one and enable that image burn into your head, then pass finding. After recognizing your first morel your recommendations would are transforming into a sprint trend recognition and that they are going to be easierr and easie to locate. till now you recognize it your bucket/bag- regardless of would be complete! confirm you do your analyze so which you do not %. up the incorrect/lookalike mushroom like the stinkhorn- seems very on the threshold of a morel yet scent like rotting meat. so some distance as how they are grown your going to would desire to locate out from somebody else- My section does not have the morel- I even have friends and family contributors that stay in the morel becoming section's and that's what they have informed me.

Answer 5

I'm about straight east of you in central IL. Haven't heard of anyone finding anything here yet. I've been to the woods a couple times in the last week and haven't seen anything. Around here they usually show up around the middle of April... But I know what you mean about the weather, I'm thinking the same thing you are...

Answer 6

I have been looking in mid mo by the river and in the valleys,I think we're all just a little early

Answer 7

they are up and we are picking them here in eastern KY. i have found quite a few already and will contuine to hunt them until may..