Late Snow

I wish I had more black spots in my area. I think I like the taste of yellows just a teeny bit more but you can't beat the year after year reliability of a patch of blacks. Snow is water, so just hope we aren't in for a speedy warmup!

 

Black morels are the best followed by the half frees or spikes. They are the only ones I can really taste anymore, ate too many in the past 50 years. This winter has been better with the snow which usually means more shrooms. Have many black spots, one good place is Mammouth Cave National Park. I won't tell the exact spot but give it a try at the end of the first week of April. Also Nolan lake is good, in Ky.

 

For Black morels in Ohio, it's hard to beat the Lake Hope area. Remember to hunt non-hunting areas in the mornings and anywhere afternoons, because there are alot of spring turkey hunters out there and it would be improper to be walking around when they are hunting turkey in the morning. Again I'm not giving out the exact gps you have to do the hunting yourselves.

 

Do black Morels grow only in previous burns?

 

No Black morels mostly grow around aspen groves and/or /ash trees
Jim www.morelbook.com

 

Blacks aren't the easiest to find and they are prob. my favorite to cook up as well.
Look for big timber, particularly Tulips.
Im exited bout this coming season, some of my better yrs. for blacks had spring weather like were getting now, i'm thinking were in for an above average year. :-D

 

wait for the heat...temp will decide.