Thanks, appreciate that. It's taken me ten years and a lot of miles hiking to figure out my earliest spots and when to start looking. This was only my second trip to the woods and first time checking this location.
FYI, my first morel last year was found on the 21st, but at a different spot. I found morels at another location on the 25th that had obviously been up well before my first find.
Therefore, I believe we are running about 5-10 days behind last year.
I picked the mushroom and turned around and walked out of the woods. I probably won't go back out until March 3rd.
I'm new at this, so my knowledge is mostly accidental right now. The only places I have seen them in GA. have been close to running water, bottom land, with sandy soil, trees other than the normally dominant oaks, like beech, sycamore, elms, etc. (and I've come to see that oaks don't prefer those low, wet areas). They seem to have an association with privet, which is invasive near rivers here.
I'm from Woodstock, GA, and I work in Atlanta. I have a few spots in the city that I start finding them around 15 March. I haven't found any earlier in the ATL area. I will be checking my city spots today though.
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