Thursday, April 12, 2012

Morel Mushroom are Early this Year

Reports are coming in that morel season is early this year due to the earliest warmest spring in a long time.

First finds of 2012 – Morels are a month early! | The FUNGIrl
First finds of 2012 – Morels are a month early! Posted on April 7, 2012 | Leave a comment. The first mushroom of the season was this morel, found on 4/6/12. It's been the strangest spring. Temperatures here in northern IL soared into the 80′s ...
Publish Date: 04/07/2012 8:51
http://fungrrl.com/2012/04/07/first-finds-of-2012-morels-are-a-month-early/



POTTER OUTDOORS: Morel of story is to be alert hunting mushrooms
However, Bill Casburn of Allendale, Ill., laughed at the idea the season was over so soon. Casburn anticipates morel season with the giddy glee of a 5-year-old waiting for Santa. This year he started looking in early March.
Publish Date: 04/10/2012 19:12
http://naturalgeographic.net/wp/potter-outdoors-morel-of-story-is-to-be-alert-hunting-mushrooms/



Central Oregon Mushroom Club » Okay, it's time to think about Morels!
From Erin's post on April 9.2012. I was just in the valley (grants pass) and found 7 small light brown morels! Getting excited for Central Oregon to get into morel season. Think it will be early this year- mid May maybe b/c of our ...
Publish Date: 04/09/2012 17:44
http://www.mushroomsinbend.org/?p=441



Yum! Looks Like It'll Be an Early Mushroom Season, Too! | Loving ...
Which is not to say that any of us are too proud to gather a morel or two while we're enjoying all that aesthetic stimulation. We're familiar with them all – the early black and gray varieties, the plentiful whites and the late-season ...
Publish Date: 04/02/2012 10:49
http://mikelovestc.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/yum-looks-like-itll-be-an-early-mushroom-season-too/


Warm weather gives Mich. morel hunters early start - dailytribune.com
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — The unseasonably warm weather in Michigan is giving mushroom hunters an early jump on morel season. At least one morel sighting has been made in March, about two months before the usual ...
Publish Date: 03/21/2012 10:29
http://www.dailytribune.com/articles/2012/03/21/news/doc4f69f52c16d0d166629748.txt


brown robin: Morels!
Morels! They're early this year in Western North Carolina. We've been eating them up. They are simply amazing and worth the hunt in the woods to find them. Morel season is something we look forward to every year.
Publish Date: 04/10/2012 13:26
http://brownrobin.blogspot.com/2012/04/morels.html