Trophy Morels
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From: midwest
04-May-17
After seeing Jeff D's big shroom on the "Turks and Morels" thread, I thought I'd start a trophy Morel Mushroom thread. I found this one my daughter is holding many years ago growing out in the CRP. It's even taller than it looks in the pic as the top was actually folded back from growing up under the brome grass.
Post 'em up!
From: t-roy
04-May-17
A friend's daughter found this one on her first ever shroom expedition last year.
From: Kodiak
04-May-17
From: t-roy
04-May-17
Kodiak......I remember seeing that pic when I was a little kid. I thought it was real :-)
From: elk yinzer
04-May-17
Morels elude me. I've actively sought them out only a few times, but I've yet to find one. Granted, I'm usually on the water fishing in the spring, but I spend some time in the woods and haven't even run into one. Just about every other desirable mushroom in our area? Yeah. But no morels. Have some good chantrelle spots and can get as many sheepshead as I can take most years. But no morels.
Do 150" buck photos make me jealous? Nope.... 350" bull? Just a bit.... Morel trophy photos? Every single time
From: Twanger
05-May-17
How do you prepare the stems on the large morels? I cooked a couple this week and ended up not eating parts of the stems because they were chewy and tasteless. The tops were good.
From: Jeff Durnell
05-May-17
Elk yinzer, I was the same way, couldn't find them to save my butt, drove me nuts to see folks around here finding bags and buckets of them when I couldn't find ONE, but didn't give up, stuck to the basics... the trees they like, south facing slopes early, soil temp, following a rain, put some time in, and like with most things, the pieces gradually fall into place.
From: Jeff Durnell
05-May-17
I saw a good sized bear yesterday while I was out, and this guy. No morels though.
From: willliamtell
05-May-17
I'll put morels #1 on the hard-to-spot list, unless they are GARGANTUAN like t-roy and Midwest's kid's ones. Out here on the left coast you gotta have a burn, and usually access is real tough.
From: Greg Kush
07-May-17
I found a dang nice one the other day. The one below it in my cap was also just a foot away from the real big one.
From: snapcrackpop
07-May-17
I find them in flat areas where bark is lying on the ground or rotting stumps & logs.
From: Greg Kush
07-May-17
This one was a few years back. What a freak of a stem!
From: Greg Kush
07-May-17
I found this "trophy clump" of morels about 25 yards from the huge stem morel in my post above just a few minutes earlier than finding that one. Too bad that was back when I just had a flip phone with a low quality camera. I count 30 morels in that clump that I can see. I'm sure there were a few more that you couldn't see in the photo. Crazy.
From: midwest
07-May-17
Those are some dandies! I love the big morels....cut into strips, bread em, fry em....like eating a mushroom steak. Plus, you don't have to find as many. :-)
From: SJJ
11-May-17
NY
From: Scar Finga
11-May-17
I have never been brave enough to pick any, I guess I'm worried about picking the wrong ones:/ I have them though, and they are wonderful!
From: snapcrackpop
11-May-17
Slightly dried, but lots!
From: snapcrackpop
11-May-17
I count 15...
From: t-roy
11-May-17
Consolation prize after an unsuccessful turk hunt.
From: midwest
12-May-17
Troy, you're never going to take a trophy shroom if you don't pass the 2-1/2 and 3-1/2 year olds. Let 'em go, let 'em grow!
From: midwest
12-May-17
A plate full of deliciousness!
A plate full of deliciousness!
The big ones come towards the end of the season. A friend/coworker found these a couple days ago on his farm.
He practices QMM, t-roy. ;-)
From: t-roy
12-May-17
I don't think we have any of the non-typical genetics like that around here Nick, besides, these were all "management" shrooms!
From: Charlie Rehor
19-May-17
Bigun
Bigun
Looks a great year. These are from New York State
From: midwest
19-May-17
That's a whopper C!
From: t-roy
19-May-17
That one looks like it got bumped when it was in velvet, Charlie!
From: Hawkeye
19-May-17
Good night Charlie! Impressive sir...well done:)
