r/mushroom_hunting Mar 17 '22

How do I know when to look for "xxx" mushrooms? (morels?) Here are some basic resources.

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Use maps! Configure the parameters however you see fit - specify an exact species, specify a genus or family, restrict the location to just your region, state, county, or city... look at only the current month or next month or year round.

Use maps.


Maps!

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Learn your trees!

Trees of the PNW

Eastern & Central U.S. Trees

What Tree Is That? Tree Identification Field Guide

The Trees of the Morel


Good general info.

Is It Time for Morels Yet? (North American Mycological Association)

The Morchellaceae: True Morels and Verpas

A review on research advances, issues, and perspectives of morels

California Morels: A Delicious Enigma!

Morels (at the Missouri DNR)

Morel Mushroom Hunting(Michigan DNR)

Morel Hunting Map​ (xpcourse - lots of links)


Cook 'em up!

Classic Morel Recipes

Our 10 Best Morel Mushroom Recipes

Learn All About Morel Mushrooms, the Elusive Fungi That Will Elevate Your Cooking


Fire info is good, especially for the west (but burn morels do occur in the east as well).

Northwest Interagency Coordination Center

FIRMS - Fire Information for Resource Management System (NASA)

InciWeb- Incident Information System


I'm always looking for more info - if you have a link you think belongs here make a suggestion in the comments.

Happy hunting (and eating)!

EDIT - here's an iNat direct link to "Guides" for Fungi.


r/mushroom_hunting Mar 25 '22

iNaturalist is actually amazing. If you don't know, you should. Here's a peek at what the AI can do.

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r/mushroom_hunting 14h ago

Chicken of the Woods

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Chickens of the wood


r/mushroom_hunting 4h ago

My mushroom summer!

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This year has been the best ever for mushroom hunters on this side of earth. My entire freezer is full, and I finally saved up enough to get my own dehydrator!

Very excited for the autumn hauls soon.

The pictures were taken through one month. There were so many more days out and so many more mushies! My biggest chantarell haul was over 5kg!! Not to mention the insane amount of boletus in this area. Needless to say, I've been eating well.

The season's chosen mushies (local names for now, may edit in latin later; some not in the pictures):

Steinsopp

Rødskrubb

Smørsopp

Fløyelsrørsopp

Brunskrubb

Svartskrubb

Ospeskrubb

Lerkerørsopp

Brunrørsopp

Kantarell

Traktkantarell

Blek piggsopp

Rødgul piggsopp

Furuskjellpigg

Matbleksopp

Vorterøyksopp


r/mushroom_hunting 12h ago

What is greed

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r/mushroom_hunting 4h ago

Need help!

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Sheffield area trying to find places to pick mushrooms as I have been told the time to do so is September does anyone know of any places where they grow and a place where there some what easy to access never picked them before or don't fully know what I'm looking for so any help would be much appreciated either someone coming with me and or just helping me out and giving me some guidelines thanks:) idk if this is against the rules if so please remove brand née to redit but love a good mushroom trip lmao


r/mushroom_hunting 1d ago

First score of autumn

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Got Craterellus tubaeformis to the left, one lonely Lactarius deterrimus and to the right some Pleurotus pulmonarius!


r/mushroom_hunting 2d ago

Who dis?

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Found in north central florida. Does anybody know what type of mushrooms these are?


r/mushroom_hunting 1d ago

Help identifying

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r/mushroom_hunting 2d ago

Is this chicken of the woods????

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I saw this guy about halfway up a tree, which I'm not sure if that's unusual for Chicken of the Woods. Bright orange on top in a ring like formation, yellow with no pores or gills under. I'm really hoping it is because I've literally never seen it before. Thank you in advance!!!


r/mushroom_hunting 2d ago

Help with ID please

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Could you please help me identify these two species? I found them in the same forest, very close to each other, growing on dead trees covered with moss. The forest is mixed, there were pines, maples and aspens growing nearby. The location is Helsinki, Finland.

I guess the first one is a crown-tipped coral (artomyces pyxidatus)? And the second one looks like it could belong to the oyster family (pleurotus).


r/mushroom_hunting 2d ago

Too old to eat?

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r/mushroom_hunting 2d ago

Still good?

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Found this massive guy close to my home (southern New England). Looks a bit old, but still appears to be in good shape.


r/mushroom_hunting 2d ago

Tremella iduensis

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r/mushroom_hunting 2d ago

First time foraging

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r/mushroom_hunting 3d ago

Oyster mushroom and lions mane?

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r/mushroom_hunting 3d ago

Clueless 🤷🏽‍♂️

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These guys randomly popped up in the yard literally in a couple days.

Any idea what kind of mushrooms they are?


r/mushroom_hunting 3d ago

is there any natural growing mushrooms in Bangladesh?

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r/mushroom_hunting 3d ago

Beautiful. But where does it belong? 🍄💛

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r/mushroom_hunting 3d ago

Edible mushroom?

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r/mushroom_hunting 4d ago

Flower Pot Parasols?

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r/mushroom_hunting 4d ago

ID HELP

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r/mushroom_hunting 5d ago

Found my first chicken of the woods

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As the title suggests found this beautiful specimen. Any tips on cooking it? Im thinking teriyaki stir fry


r/mushroom_hunting 5d ago

Worth checking out?

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Photo taken by my wife asking me if this edible. Sorry I don’t have more detailed shots, but is this worth checking out?


r/mushroom_hunting 5d ago

Pick or wait?

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We’re going to get really heavy rains over the next 10 hours. Cool weather, this mushroom is fairly sheltered. I am sure it could grow more, but don’t want it to get buggy and then miss my opportunity. What do you think?!