Mushroom foragers

[Huntress78]

Quote: It's ok, I laughed too. About the only thing I get mad at the birds for is eating styrofoam...I don't know why they like it so much.
So they ate your tomato plants? These birds don't eat the plants. They are patient enough to ignore them till the little cherry toms are just ripe and then pluck them off before I can get em.
I'd hate for anyone to think my birds are smarter than I am but last summer it took me weeks to figure out why I wasn't getting any ripe fruit off the plant I had next to my shop door. I thought it might be mice or chipmunks till I caught a sneaky cockerel getting himself a snack.

 

[duluthralphie]

Styrofoam is a delicacy to them! They can find the smallest piece too. I think I have it all in the trash and they find another. Stupid birds.

 

[Huntress78]

Quote: Been doing a lot of construction here the last few years and the builders leave a ton of small scraps laying around...I got plenty of exercise cleaning up after them.
Chipmunks were chewing on the pallets full of sheets too...and the bears stop by to taste it now and then also. I don't see the attraction.

The state has been logging the property behind me for the last couple years. I've heard that morels grow well in disturbed soil...anyone else experience this? Do you all think it will be worth checking out this spring?

 

[henny1129]

The state has been logging the property behind me for the last couple years. I've heard that morels grow well in disturbed soil...anyone else experience this? Do you all think it will be worth checking out this spring?

I can't guarantee that you'll find anything, but it's definitely worth a check. We've found some morels growing in disturbed soil, but morels can be a bit of a hit or miss mushroom.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

I think a lot of mushrooms like disturbed soil even if it's been 10-15-20 years since the disturbance. It could be just where I'm walking but my discoveries are often just on the edge of trails or along ditches. But you know I walk in the woods too and I still find more in the disturbed areas.

No the just broke the plant right in half. I've since learned from Jerry I actually had two plants then-lol- with a little patience for re rooting.

They are curious stinkers though.

 

[henny1129]

I think a lot of mushrooms like disturbed soil even if it's been 10-15-20 years since the disturbance. It could be just where I'm walking but my discoveries are often just on the edge of trails or along ditches. But you know I walk in the woods too and I still find more in the disturbed areas.

No the just broke the plant right in half. I've since learned from Jerry I actually had two plants then-lol- with a little patience for re rooting.

They are curious stinkers though.

We always find a ton of morels just a few feet off the bike trail in town! It's funny where they'll grow!

 

[jerryse]

Been doing a lot of construction here the last few years and the builders leave a ton of small scraps laying around...I got plenty of exercise cleaning up after them.
Chipmunks were chewing on the pallets full of sheets too...and the bears stop by to taste it now and then also. I don't see the attraction.

checking out this spring?The state has been logging the property behind me for the last couple years. I've heard that morels grow well in disturbed soil...anyone else experience this? Do you all think it will be worth

Yes excellent spot . Look every year . They will come . Bulldozed woodlands are good also . Fungi digest wood . Some prefer certain species of trees . Morel like dead elm and dying oak . silver maple ,willow and cottonwood in river bottoms .

 

[jerryse]

Missouri Morel Hunting

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February 21, 2017 very well could be the earliest recorded morel find for our state. Store this one in your memory banks, folks.

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[henny1129]

Yes excellent spot . Look every year . They will come . Bulldozed woodlands are good also . Fungi digest wood . Some prefer certain species of trees . Morel like dead elm  and  dying oak . silver maple ,willow and cottonwood in river bottoms .

They love Ash trees too!

 

[henny1129]

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[COLOR=90949C][COLOR=90949C]11 hrs[/COLOR] · [/COLOR]
February 21, 2017 very well could be the earliest recorded morel find for our state. Store this one in your memory banks, folks.[/COLOR]

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Wow! That's so early!