Michigan Morel Mushrooms Popping Up: Share Your Photos

Michigan’s morel mushroom season has started and will continue through early spring, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. (Photo via Flickr)

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We’re hearing reports on social media and elsewhere that some of the first morel mushrooms of the season have been found.

We don’t expect you to tell us where you found the morels. We get it: If you told us, you’d probably have to, well, deny us the delicious goodness of the springtime delicacy. (However, on the off chance that you do want to divulge where you found the mother lode, we’re all ears.)

But here’s what you can do:

Share your tips for finding morels, if not the actual place you found them.

• Is it true that old orchards and logged or burned areas are reliable mushroom habitat, or should we be looking in more obscure places?

Share your recipes.

• Finding morels is fun, but eating them is better. Do you fry them in butter, pair them with a chicken or pheasant breast, sauté them in a wine sauce or cook them on the grill?

Spin some ‘shroom hunting lore.

• Almost every serious morel hunter has a funny story to tell about finding the fickle morel, whose appearance – or, egad, not! – depends on just the right fusion of atmospheric conditions, pollen counts, location and dumb luck.

Tell us your stories in the comments or, if you’d like to submit a picture of your harvest, email it to beth.dalbey@patch.com using the subject line “Morel Mushrooms.”