Mushroom Hunting

[DaveS]

Has anyone looked around for any mushrooms while out turkey scouting? I heard a few "shrooms" were starting to show up. I haven't been out looking yet. I know where the turkeys are, but I'll give the Morels a couple more weeks.

[Dennis1209]

Recently moved here a few years ago from up North. I'm at the same longitude as you in Clarksville. Never been morrel hunting here in North Tn. but. My neighbors are telling me if prime conditions exist, mid March until mid April? I'm looking forward to trying to find some. They are so flavorful no matter how you make them.

How about I buy all you find for say, $2.00 per pound

Good luck!

[ShaunM]

I seen a few mushrooms while out clearing the trail. They were very small though.

[DaveS]

Cool. I guess I need to start looking. Don't morels sell for several hundred dollars a pound on the internet?

[whiskey]

I haven't seen any yet. Later this week could be good with the warmer weather coming.

[ShaunM]

Guess I need to start mushroom hunting if they sell for that much. Although it would take a lot to make a pound.

[whiskey]

Please report any early mushroom sightings. Ready for a fresh batch...

[DaveS]

Please report any early mushroom sightings. Ready for a fresh batch...

Man, me too!!!!

 

Dave S

[UncleJak]

There is a fungus among us.

[EastHipster]

Yes, I've seen quite a few on downed Logs but was trying to be patient :)

[BigK]

My sister told me she used to go mushroom hunting to make extra money. I just assumed she meant "shrooms", not Morels.

[Dolomite_supafly]

It is illegal to sell mushrooms although you see them on Craigslist.
 

My wife and I try to hunt them each year but last year screwed us up with the mild winter. We have found an area where we can get 3-5 pounds every couple of weeks throughout the season. Not the easiest place to get to for me but it is worth it.

Dolomite

[BigK]

It is illegal to sell mushrooms although you see them on Craigslist.

I'm sure there's lots of things growing in the woods that is illegal to sell, especially a few hundred miles north of here, LOL. Edited February 23, 2013 by BigK

[RichardR]

Why is it illegal to sell morels in TN? What about gingseng? Or truffles? &/or other gatherable wild "non-narcotic" otherwise legal foods & herbs?

[Dolomite_supafly]

I am sure someone will come along and post it. I have read it before when we found a bunch a few years ago.

 

On top of that I would never buy mushrooms from an unknown person or source. Too easy to get poisoned.

 

Dolomite

[RichardR]

I agree it is easy to get poisoned if you don't know what to look for, some edible species are pretty hard to ID because they have poisonous cousins that look very similar.

Morels are pretty easy to ID though, which is why I am surprised.

[DaveS]

This past fall I started hunting "Oyster Mushrooms" that grow on logs. Easy to identify and are delicious! And, on top of the fun of picking mushrooms, I got a serious case of "seed ticks". The "last straw" was finding those same "oyster musrooms" for sale at the grocery store! All that itching and scratching......sheez......

 

Dave S

[Fourtyfive]

I think I hear Grateful Dead music in this thread , along with a little Hendrix of course ; or is that Pink Floyd ?

[runco]

I am mushroom shy.  Growing up here in East Tennessee, in the mountains.  My grandmother use to teach me that virtually all growing mushrooms were poisonous.  If I recall, her rule was, if its smooth, its okay to eat, if its rough or has texture, they were dangerous.  So for 40 years, I have been grounded to this teaching.  I have never harvested any mushroom other than what is served on a pizza.

[gunwhatgun]

I would love to hang out with some one that is educated in harvesting wild edibles. I did not grow up in an atmosphere of these teachings and really envy those with this knowledge. I fell like Iam missing out on a good set of skills.

[roverboy]

I've never ate any kind of wild mushroom except Morels/Dry Land Fish. There's several different varieties that are edible though.