Saturday, April 20, 2013

Morel Hunting Tip #1: Find Your Own Ash

Morel mushrooms love to grow around fallen and dead ash trees, and an ash tree can be identified by the striking "X" pattern in its bark. This is a fallen ash tree, so you see a horizontal version of the pattern. No, there weren't any morels here--yet. Morels like the soil to be warmed to about 50 degrees before they "fruit," and it's been too chilly. So if you like morels, go locate your ash trees (especially on a south-facing slope), and poke with a stick in the leafmeal around their trunks and roots every day for the next week, provided the temperatures warm up a bit.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have been hunting all week and only got tics . Grounds too cold.

Divinebunbun said...

If I were a morel I wouldn't be out yet either. Maybe this coming weekend we will have the warmup we need.