What art of the state are you in. Often early morels are found in Jasper county. I used to hunt in SC but it's gotten much too crowed there now since I have to drive neatly 3 hours it get to anywhere I might find them. Too many locals now know about where to find them. Most spots get hunted very often.

 

Checked a few of my spots yesterday just north of Atlanta, Ga. The soil temp was 53-55 and very dry at all 4 spots. I think and hope that the storms coming this weekend will be enough water to start pushing them up from the earth. Fingers crossed!

 

Spent an hour in my spot just now, saw about 30 of them. Left em to go back and get tomorrow, after the predicted rain tonight. It looks likely to be a really big year for them, based on how they are coming up. I have not seen groups of 4 to 6 sprouting together so commonly before. A few of the larger ones I saw have signs of sunburn, too.

Near Athens.

 

Spent an hour in my spot just now, saw about 30 of them. Left em to go back and get tomorrow, after the predicted rain tonight. It looks likely to be a really big year for them, based on how they are coming up. I have not seen groups of 4 to 6 sprouting together so commonly before. A few of the larger ones I saw have signs of sunburn, too.


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Near Athens.

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You have wound up with some good spots

 

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I checked my spots yesterday, nothing yet. We did get a TON of rain last night so I’m hoping that they will pop soon on my property. I’m probably going to go out today and check again anyway… Like Mr Tom Petty said, “The waiting is the hardest part “ Lol.

 

Finally some action over here. Found a handful of thumb sized young ones. Have to work tonight so I’ll have to look harder tomorrow.

 

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Found these 3 medium sized ones today.
Just realized that there’s another one that I didn’t even see when I was on top of them. Funny how they blend in and hide sometimes.

Lots of good activity in my spots but humidity is way down again. Hopefully Wednesday or Thursday brings rain.

I picked a decent sized one yesterday and cooked it in some ghee. I’ve officially got the itch now.

 

Found these 3 medium sized ones today.
Just realized that there’s another one that I didn’t even see when I was on top of them. Funny how they blend in and hide sometimes.

Lots of good activity in my spots but humidity is way down again. Hopefully Wednesday or Thursday brings rain.


The heavy rain over Saturday night seems not to have made any puddles in my spot. On Sunday afternoon there was no standing water anywhere, although a bucket out on my porch had about 1.5 inches of water in it that morning. I guess the ground was so dry it just soaked everything up. Again, today, the place seemed very, very dry.

 

Yesterday afternoon, 03/18/25. I've learned it's not a good time to look when that afternoon sun is angling towards your eyes. Cloudy days are preferable for spotting them.

 

Yes I prefer a cloudy day as well. Seems like makes spotting them a lil easier. But don't always have a cloudy day. Happy shrooming
Ps that is a nice looking haul

 

I’ve been checking every day. Nothing yet. I’m hoping the hurricane damage didn’t screw up my season. I don’t really know what to think. 🤔

 

They may be up, but just so small that they’re hard to find. We need more rain!!!

 

Picked a few today, really dry.
Hopefully we get some rain on Monday.

 

What's it looking like in the Atlanta metro area? I've got a spot out there I'm itching to go to but it's a hike lol from Bham. Need to know if the juice is worth the squeeze yet lol.

 

I’ve been checking daily here in Washington County, still nothing. Had a good rain yesterday, I really don’t know what to say. On a side note, I found a county song that mentions Morels, thought it was interesting. Not sure if I have ever heard another song with Morels in it. 🧐 Anyway, it’s called All Your’n by Tyler Childers if you’re interested.

 

Looks like next week will be wet for a few days. Hopefully the forecast holds up. These little piddly rains are not doing us any favors.

 

Maybe the mushroom Gods will shine down upon me with my Morel Scepter. 👍 My first attempt at a hiking stick.

 

Woodstock, Ga. here.
Went out on Tuesday to one of my spots and only found this one small dry guy. I think nighttime temperatures need to warm up a little bit to get soil temperatures up a little bit and we need a good rain that is not followed by strong winds that dry everything out in a day. I think we’re about a week or two (and a good rain) away from them really popping up.

 

I agree, these winds have been killing us.

 

Anyone in Athens area or further north, don’t lose hope, they’re still out there. Went out after the storm this afternoon and found 15 or so. I plan to pick them sparingly as I want to leave some out to spread spores. Hopefully there are more to come, I still have good producing spots that have yet to do anything.

 

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Anyone in Athens area or further north, don’t lose hope, they’re still out there. Went out after the storm this afternoon and found 15 or so. I plan to pick them sparingly as I want to leave some out to spread spores. Hopefully there are more to come, I still have good producing spots that have yet to do anything.

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Anyone in Athens area or further north, don’t lose hope, they’re still out there. Went out after the storm this afternoon and found 15 or so. I plan to pick them sparingly as I want to leave some out to spread spores. Hopefully there are more to come, I still have good producing spots that have yet to do anything.

Don't worry about leaving some to spread spores. By the time they are large enough to pick, like the ones that have turned yellow as in the picture, most spores have been ejected. I've looked at several under a microscope and agree that most spores are gone. There are some left but they may or may not be ejected. Morels have tiny tubes each with 8 spores that get ejected. There are literally millions upon million of spores floating around. The odds of any spore living and spreading and finding a compatible mycelium to share genetic data with are infinitesimally small. Spores are not anything like seeds. Spores can't grow into a morel producing mass aka- mycelium.
The mycelium that produced the ones you find is already in the soil ready to make ore morels as the conditions are correct. Most experts agree that more separate myceliums are made by fragmentation of an existing mycelium. That's one reason many are found near well used deer paths, roadbeds or other places where the mycelium has been broken nt 2 or many separate myceliums able to produce morels.

 

I never pick 100% of what I find. In most things I try not to take more than I need. I know it probably doesn’t do any good but I like to think it does. Human nature is to take everything you can get, this mentality generally doesn’t play out in our favor in the long run.

 

I have a question. This photo represents what is probably the end of my "patch." I was out of town, and away from it for a solid 14 days, and the (2-legged) marauders who had been there before apparently didn't think it was worth going back while I was gone, so I found these 40 or so big ones in about half an hour this evening. My question is, should I discard the darker ones (closer to the bottom of the photo), or would they be ok to maybe dry and use in sauces or powdered, or something like that? What do you guys think? I left some that were gigantic and clearly way past being good to eat. At least the spores all got distributed this year...Thanks.

 

I will usually leave them if they have started to rust. Sometimes I get back to my house and decide I don’t like the way one looks and throw it out. Sometimes I cut one open and don’t like the way it looks. I’m a bit picky though.

 

Here are some of the last ones, that I picked tonight. Some clearly have sun damage, or are just dried up from so little rain, until the big rain that came on Monday. It's effectively the end of the season in NE Ga. for me. Although I realized it's a great time to go hunt for new spots because any that are there are so huge and "yellow," they are MUCH easier to locate (for next years hunting)...

Too old and big to use, drying out too:

Too gnarly to use:

 

Here are some of the last ones, that I picked tonight. Some clearly have sun damage, or are just dried up from so little rain, until the big rain that came on Monday. It's effectively the end of the season in NE Ga. for me. Although I realized it's a great time to go hunt for new spots because any that are there are so huge and "yellow," they are MUCH easier to locate (for next years hunting)...

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Th darker brown ones are blondes past their prime still fine to eat but past their prime I use those for making slurries for dispersing around… stuff the blondes with your favorite filling then bake if using raw filling or pan sear if using precooked filling, my favorite is Gruyère and Ramps…

 

I’ve been a member for a few years but this is the first time I’ve had a haul worth posting about. This is from April 2nd, and all in the Forsyth area, ended up being just over 3 lbs. Thanks for looking, happy hunting!

 

Nice. Congrats!

 

Great pics, preseason training for my eyes here in Indy. Good luck out there, carpe shroomem.

 

 

Found 3 small ones today, hopefully a start

 

Looks like I was a little bit late today, but I’m finally on the board. Found these behind the place I work at!!! Now know they are there, I’ll get them fresh next year, hopefully. This is in Bogart, Ga.

 

Well damn that's a good perk to the job

 

Here are some of the last ones, that I picked tonight. Some clearly have sun damage, or are just dried up from so little rain, until the big rain that came on Monday. It's effectively the end of the season in NE Ga. for me. Although I realized it's a great time to go hunt for new spots because any that are there are so huge and "yellow," they are MUCH easier to locate (for next years hunting)...

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Too old and big to use, drying out too:
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I have a question. This photo represents what is probably the end of my "patch." I was out of town, and away from it for a solid 14 days, and the (2-legged) marauders who had been there before apparently didn't think it was worth going back while I was gone, so I found these 40 or so big ones in about half an hour this evening. My question is, should I discard the darker ones (closer to the bottom of the photo), or would they be ok to maybe dry and use in sauces or powdered, or something like that? What do you guys think? I left some that were gigantic and clearly way past being good to eat. At least the spores all got distributed this year...Thanks.

If the brown ones are dry and crisp they should be good. f they are soft they may be starting to spoil. I like to use the smell test. If they're bad they should smell bad.
No use taking chances. A few thrown away are better than a night on the can.
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Nice big ones