Im in Somerset. This will be my first year morel hunting. I pick hen of the woods in the early fall because I see them when I'm bowhunting, but I decided to work on expanding my mushroom repertoire. I started IDing mushrooms last fall while hiking the Catskills and I put a TON of effort into reading, research, and finding ash trees, tulip poplars, PH neutral soils, and even an abandoned apple orchard or 2. I have no idea if they will produce morels though. I tried to find dying elms and cover my bases but the heck if i know what a dying elm tree looks like let alone a live one. Tulips and ash and apple trees are easy... If i find I will definitely post, I think I'm going to try getting out late next week. I found Mayapples in one spot yesterday that were just blooming to about 6 inches tall. Apparently when they hit 10-12 inches is when you can expect morels. So they say. BTW my "spots", or more like "potential spots" are in Warren, Hunterdon, and Sussex. Good luck everyone.
