How to Spot Dead Elms - Video

For anyone wondering what a dead elm looks like, here is a link to my YouTube video posted after last season (2012), “How to Identify Dead Elms.” It focuses on dead elms, does not show the morels. The mushrooms found under these same trees may be seen on my companion videos, “Confessions of a Tree Hunter – Part One" and also Part Two. Part One netted 14 lbs, and Part Two ended with 9 lbs.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wi_MM8-Yj4[/video]

 

smguffer, and Garden, you're welcome. Give it a try and if you can find a woods with some dead elms, and check under every tree that even looks like a dead elm, sooner or later you will hit paydirt. Those companion videos that I mentioned show the mushrooms I found under those dead elms. I changed the names of those videos to: Morel Mushrooms - Go for the Gold - 14 Lbs. and Morel Mushrooms - "Good Job, God!" - 9 Lbs. Keep looking UP and Good Luck this spring!

 

@Jim33, ditto on my above remarks to you also. I enjoyed putting it together. I have been wonderfully blessed to find many pounds of morels every year, for many years now (I'm 73), almost always looking under dead elms. I thought this would be a way to give something back to the sport. Good luck to you also.

 

@creekfinds, and @im hungry, you're welcome. I hope my vids help put some mushrooms on your plates.

@Garden, You are so welcome. Yes I totally do understand. Feel exactly the same way. You said it well, better than I could. "Happiness is...finding a mushroom and knowing Who to thank." And when you find lots of them you grow very thankful and appreciative. It's a wonderful high. I always felt that for me to find mushrooms, it had to be God!

 

Garden, Thank you for that kind reply and request. I sure will keep you in mind if I ever do anything like that in the future. You would be at the top of my list. Thanks again, and God Bless You!

 

Darryl, You're welcome, and thanks again for your epic vids and comments. My uncle (deceased now) tried to teach me what a dead elm looked like. I didn't care, just followed him around and helped him pick. I finally caught on when hunting alone: found a nice patch, and, hey, maybe this is a dead elm! Memorize this bark and look for this tree. It began to work very well for me. But, hey, I've never seen anything like what you guys did in those two vids! When the shrooms are that thick, don't waste time looking up for dead elms. Lol. Just get busy pickin' and grinnin' :-D P.S. Great idea to spread the morels out on that big old log. What a picture. Shows just how epic your find truly was!

 

kbode1 and newbie shroomer, You are more than welcome, and thanks for the kind comments. As you might guess, I really enjoyed this hunt and making this video. The editing was a little painstaking and time consuming, but I get excited even looking at dead elms. (The thrill of anticipation!) At first I wasn't finding many morels, so I decided to video more of the elms as an educational tool for those who aren't aware of them. Then I started getting into the shrooms. You can see them in my companion videos of these same hunts, "Go for the Gold - 14 Lbs." and also, "Good Job, God! - 9 Lbs."