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Tennessee Morels - April 6, 2010 - Harvested 7 nice yellows in Nachez Trace today that we have been watching grow since Thursday (picked an additional 1 then as it was drying out pretty badly). I was afraid that the last 2 days of 85 degrees would prevent them from growing much more and they were drying out. - Mike, Brentwood, TN

Gord & I went to Tennessee to find the first morels of our season on Saturday March 27th. We stopped at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky on Sunday, but it was still quite chilly, so we didn’t find much, just some relaxation with our dog walking thru the woods. Monday, went on some private property in Cross Plains, Tennessee, and found 1 that was still pretty blonde and about the size of a quarter. On Tuesday though we did much better, we found 20 nice blacks on that same property. Yep, didn’t get snowed in Tennessee, our first ever morel finds outside of Michigan :o) Got a new camera this year, I think it takes better pics too!! Enjoy :o) - Kellie

Tennessee Morels - April 5, 2010 - Found 39 Black Morels in Summertown, TN! If your not hunting today, your missing out! - MM

Tennessee Morels - April 4, 2010 - 12 blacks first ones this year!! - Hendersonville Tn

Tennessee Morel - April 26, 2009 - Largest morel that I have found in Tennessee. - Dr.Morel

Tennessee Morels - April 18, 2009 - We found these on Saturday, April 18. On this day of hunting, we found 128 BIG ones. Over the last two weeks, we have found over 300 morels in Clarksville, TN. - Amy

Tennessee Morels - April 21, 2009 - Found these today 4-21-09 in Marshall Co, TN

Tennessee Morels - April 16, 2009 - Found these today, Marshall Co., TN Have them drying on a screen in the sun. First time trying to dry them. If this is not the best way hope someone will let me know. After there dry what is the best way to store??? Thanks for any help.

Tennessee Morels - April 16, 2009 - Ok… i know i said i wouldn’t go back out till friday… but it was sooo nice out today i could’nt contain myself,,and it sure paid off… eatin good in the neighborhood… Grainger County Tennessee… Jim n Kim

Tennessee Morels - April 15, 2009 - We found these today in Sparta and Doyle Tennessee (White county).Happy hunting everyone!

Tennessee Morels - April 15, 2009 - Found over 300 with my Mom today. Marshall Co. TN - Harley

Tennessee Morels - April 12, 2009 - Found theese Easter Sunday afternoon in my neighborhood. First mores I’ve ever found (although I did a lot of shrooning in the 80s).

Tennessee Morels - April 13, 2009 - Nashville Morels

Tennessee Morel(s) - April 11, 2008 - Notice the 2 prong that my brother, myself, and my nephew are tickled to death about after finding it near Knoxville!

Tennessee Morels - April 13, 2009 - Picked a few ,,saw lots of small ones,gonna leave em till friday,,expecting rain should help get them poppin good,,,,,, ,Jim n Kim

Tennessee Morels - April 10, 2009 - Excellent hunting this season but by far best day was yesterday along Holston River in Knox County, 125 giant yellows and greys. All in all about 6 lbs. Lots of little greys and yellows in woods but the biggest ones were in flower beds and ashpits. — Jason, Jill and Fox

Tennessee Morels - April 11, 2009 - Found in Marshall Co., TN 4-11-09

Tennessee Morels - April 6, 2009 - Some of the 80 found 4/6/09 Big yellow.

Tennessee Morels April 6, 2009 - Here are some pictures my mother (Paulette Scott) took of the ones she and my dad and grandfather found in Moss, TN which is in Clay County, TN. - Kassi

Tennessee Morels - April 4, 2009 - Here are a few of the different ones found on April,4th 2009 in White County Tennessee.

Tennessee Morels & Mushrooms - April 3, 2009 - 260 I found mainly under wild cherry trees but seemed like everywhere we looked! Found over 700 between 4 of us. Making for all our best days ever! HENDERSONVILLE,TENNESSEE SUMNER county 4/3/09

Editors Note: Possibly Verpas or other non-true-morels in this photo.

Tennessee Morels - April 2, 2009 - 96 that me and friend William today 4/2/09 Hendersonville, Tennessee

Tennessee Morels - March 31, 2009 - !/2 of the ones found with my Mom today. Clean and ready to EAT!!! Found in Marshall Co., TN Found over 200 today. This is my half, already cut up, ready to eat and save. does anyone have a recipe to preserve these taste fruits?

Tennessee Mushrooms - March 30, 2009 - 33 found around dying ash trees 3/30/09 Gallatin,Tennessee Sumner county —- Jeff said they look like false morel! found in same patch as 16 from 3/29.do false morels grow in same patch as real ones? -

Editors Note: Most of these look like verpas -

From wikipedia….. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morel

Early Morels

Verpa Bohemica are also called wrinkled thimble cap, or early morel, and Ptychoverpa Bohemica. Although the early false morels are sometimes eaten without ill effect, they can cause severe gastrointestinal upset and loss of muscular coordination (including cardiac muscle) if eaten in large quantities or over several days in a row. They should be parboiled and dried before use in cooking to break down a gyromitrin-like toxin (an organic, carcinogenic poison) that is produced by the mushroom.

The early false morels can be told apart from the true morels by careful study of how the cap is attached to the stalk. The edge of true morels’ (morchella) caps are intergrown with the stalk, but early morels’ (verpas) caps hang over like a thimble, for which they are sometimes referred to as “thimble morel”. Early false morels are the first morels to fruit in the spring, shortly after leaves begin to form on deciduous trees. Narrow-head morels (morchella angusticeps) fruit next, around May. The last morels to fruit are the yellow or white morels (Morchella esculenta), then crassipes.

Cap: the cap of false morels is wrinkled and irregular, bell shaped or cone shaped, attached only at apex (top) of cap not like true morels which have caps that are attached at the bottom, the color yellow brown to olive yellow or tan, darkens with age.

Stalk: 6-16cm high, white to creamy or tan, hollow, often stuffed with white cottony pith. Spores when seen under a microscope are elliptical and have large oil droplets; true morels have no oil droplets.

Tennessee Morels - March 31, 2009 - 2 small grays found in same spot were I found 10 large yellows last year! SUMNER county, Tennessee 3/31/09

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