Hunt Mushrooms

The white morel is unique in many ways. The majority of morel mushrooms are black or yellow in color and grow under trees or in association with trees. M.rufobrunnea defies those standards with its white ridges and preference for tree-less…

The yellow morel mushroom, often called the common or true morel, is a widely sought and highly prized fungi find. Although they are the most common morels, like all others, their growing season is quite short and very dependent on…

These two closely related cousins to the morel can easily be confused with the true morels unless one is paying close attention. There is debate over whether the Verpas are edible with some eating them and others experiencing gastrointestinal discomfort…

This title is a bit of a teaser. It turns out, much to the disparity of many long term morel foragers, that the gray mushroom is a myth. This isn’t to say there are not morels that are gray. There…

Morel mushrooms are often described as looking like a brain or like a honeycomb. This is an apt description, however, it means that the new forager might find themselves harvesting a dangerous look-a-like. It is relatively easy to tell the…