[tonsoffungus]

FINALLY!!!! Found about a dozen in my early spot.

I'm always excited to see your first find!

 

[joeb96]

Going to look in two nature spots in San Marcos area tomorrow. Been scouring one area for a week now to no avail. Friday I'll probably check in Wimberley/Pedernales areas to see what I find, but gosh this central Texas terrain is different than the Red River Valley up north that I'm used to hunting in.

 

[Mushroom Geologist]

I'm always excited to see your first find!

It wasnt much but its a start. Checked all my usual spots and nothing. Rain in the forecast for upcoming Wednesday. Should be loaded down if we get that rain.

 

[morelorel]

Seems like grayson county is just starting saw three tiny greys posted today on a fb group. I'll probably be hitting it hard the next couple weeks every few days. Here's hoping for the best.

 

[pacertom]

I found 7 small grays last week and left a bunch growing....Went back last evening and someone grabbed what I left...Only found 3 more...UGH.

I'll head out today.

 

[r0ck3m333]

On the upside is that you made someone's day leaving them some mushrooms. The extra foot traffic is only going to make your spots better and better😁

 

[benthegrate]

My reliable central Texas sites are bone-dry. They don't seem to have gotten the same rainfall we got in the metroplex a week ago today. Tuesday night into Wednesday there's a chance for rain across the entire 35 corridor, but it likely won't be significant, and certainly nothing like last Monday. The temperature forecast has moderated a bit for the coming week, so North Texas may still have a chance for a fair season, especially if there's rain mid-week. But we've already hit 90, and that's bad news for morels. I'm not expecting anything south of the Metroplex to produce in any significant way this year. Spring came too late, and we're still in critical drought. Gotta head north in a couple of weeks if you want bags full!

 

[r0ck3m333]

Alright then come up here and visit us in KC

 

[morelorel]

I found 7 small grays last week and left a bunch growing....Went back last evening and someone grabbed what I left...Only found 3 more...UGH.

I'll head out today.

Im sorry to hear that. I'd like to think Karma will get to the ones who pick babies in a drought year. People only think about themselves.

 

[Lhooks1]

I have been the last three days, 30 miles north of Dallas.
ZERO so far. Worried. Rain forecast for Wednesday. Hope it changes things.

 

[Lhooks1]

My reliable central Texas sites are bone-dry. They don't seem to have gotten the same rainfall we got in the metroplex a week ago today. Tuesday night into Wednesday there's a chance for rain across the entire 35 corridor, but it likely won't be significant, and certainly nothing like last Monday. The temperature forecast has moderated a bit for the coming week, so North Texas may still have a chance for a fair season, especially if there's rain mid-week. But we've already hit 90, and that's bad news for morels. I'm not expecting anything south of the Metroplex to produce in any significant way this year. Spring came too late, and we're still in critical drought. Gotta head north in a couple of weeks if you want bags full!

I agree

 

[Mushroom Geologist]

IF this rain doesn't happen today then the season is over for me here in East Texas. They just started coming up after the last rain we had about a week ago and it was only a dozen. They are prime to explode in growth, but the heat is already here. Will be a very short season unfortunately.

 

[r0ck3m333]

Do you guys down in Texas get all the other edible mushrooms that pop right after the morel season?
Up here in Missouri the morel season is just the beginning of the total mushroom season that lasts until winter.

 

[benthegrate]

Do you guys down in Texas get all the other edible mushrooms that pop right after the morel season?
Up here in Missouri the morel season is just the beginning of the total mushroom season that lasts until winter.

Our seasons run with the rain, rather than the months. Once it's good and hot, and we have several straight days of rain, we get chanterelles, and they can show up any time from May until winter, but are most prolific in hot, wet weather, as are most of our edible boletes. Oysters pop whenever we get a hard rain alongside a change in temperature, whether it's hot to cold, or vice versa. The transition to cool, wet weather in fall brings out Lion's Mane and other Hericium. Sometimes the Texas Hill Country has an odd autumn morel season if a cold snap comes early (pre-Thanksgiving), stays for awhile, and then it gets back up into the 80s with lots of rain, mimicking their short, mild winters and tricking the mycelium into thinking it's spring.

 

[r0ck3m333]

Good to hear you guys don't get left out in any of the fun. I would love to pick some brains on edible boletes and harvesting/cooking info. I know we have them too in KCMO but I need to fine tune my knowledge.

 

[tonsoffungus]

IF this rain doesn't happen today then the season is over for me here in East Texas. They just started coming up after the last rain we had about a week ago and it was only a dozen. They are prime to explode in growth, but the heat is already here. Will be a very short season unfortunately.

I'm still holding out hope that I'll find a few. My spots south of DFW did get rain last Monday and again overnight. And soil temps were still pretty low over the weekend...54-55 at one spot and 51-52 at another. Not expecting much but not quite done looking for the year. Good luck!

 

[Mushroom Geologist]

Typically, in late May we start to get Chanterelles in the East Texas area. Oysters and subspecies of oysters tend to grow year-round. Rarely do I ever find chicken of the woods. Bolete's grow like crazy here but I'm too scared to eat one. Always worried about the bad ones that give you the poopy syndrome. I do find the Indigo Milk Caps here but again....afraid to eat one because of their extremely close cousin the Milk Cap is toxic. So...yes we do have other edibles here to eat. I do have a spot where ink caps grow crazy but its also around the same time morels grow so I don't even bother picking those when their flavor is subpar compared to boletes. Also, Elves Ear grows all over the place as well... with this all said.. Like Ben spoke of earlier...all rain dependent.

 

[r0ck3m333]

We get lobsters here as well.

 

[Mushroom Geologist]

The rain came through starting last night and through most of the day....just went to one of my reliable spots just to check things out and found 26 of them....its about to go BOOOM!!!!!

 

[LindaleTexas]

Found a handful this morning all in one spot. Other spots that have produced the past couple years haven’t popped yet. We did get done rain today and I’m keeping my fingers crossed.