shroom picking

**neckdeep** · 05-18-2023, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater

Also measured the soil...we're now at a consistent 55* so it should be game on

Are you looking for naturals or burn morels?

**The Reverend Floater** · 05-18-2023, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by neckdeep

Are you looking for naturals or burn morels?

In the current spots, naturals for the most part. Burns are a bit higher in elevation here.

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**bodywhomper** · 05-18-2023, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by neckdeep

Amanita of some sort; note the volval remnant covering the cap. Maybe it's a choice edible coccora or maybe it's one of those lethal ones. Avoid. Scariest genus of mushrooms to eat.

It’s a cocorra (Amanita vernicocorra). Thick and cottony remnant and striations on the cap margins are the key identifiable features in my area. My first in the wild. I left it.

The lower (western) area of the Caldor Fire, near placerville, is going off. A friend that lives nearby, collected 3.5lbs in 30 minutes.

**The Reverend Floater** · 05-18-2023, 09:54 PM

Today's find....Grey Knight.

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**The Reverend Floater** · 05-19-2023, 03:32 PM

Today I added a Yellow Field Cap while walking the dogs. Also found more dead shit in this given area than any spring previous. Nature had her fangs out this winter.

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**riser4** · 05-19-2023, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by bodywhomper

Kid found these today next to where we park a car.
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Glad you found your Toyota keys!!! Funny they would be where you park the car.

**bodywhomper** · 05-22-2023, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by riser4

Glad you found your Toyota keys!!! Funny they would be where you park the car.

Seriously!!

I was really concerned about these ones. Amazing how the fob still worked afterward

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**The Reverend Floater** · 05-22-2023, 11:29 AM

My daughter found some Big Sheath this morning.

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**The Reverend Floater** · 05-22-2023, 04:22 PM

Took a lunchtime stroll and finally connected. Found four larger morels in a single spot and that's it. Ironically the smallest one was what caught my eye. Pretty black for around these parts.

Soil was 62F, Moisture a solid 2.0

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**The Reverend Floater** · 05-28-2023, 03:47 PM

Big Dong McWang

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**neckdeep** · 06-06-2023, 09:08 PM

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**Bronco** · 06-10-2023, 08:40 PM

Saw this guy poking up through the duff on this afternoon's ride while keeping an eye out for morels. Can't find it I my book, anyone recognize it?

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**muted reborn** · 06-10-2023, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater

Big Dong McWang

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thats definitely not what she said.

**John_B** · 06-10-2023, 10:26 PM

Anyone have a rough guesstimate of what these things are? I found them growing in some lilac bushes. It felt like they had gills underneath but didn't crawl down and take a look.

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**Bronco** · 06-10-2023, 10:44 PM

I don't know but I've seen them all over the place this spring.

**The Reverend Floater** · 06-11-2023, 01:08 AM

A few productive hours today.

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**The Reverend Floater** · 06-13-2023, 09:19 PM

Bouquets today.

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**Bronco** · 06-13-2023, 09:41 PM

Nice haul Rev!

**The Reverend Floater** · 06-14-2023, 05:25 PM

My feet hurt.

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**skaredshtles** · 06-14-2023, 08:24 PM

Got DAMN!

**neckdeep** · 06-15-2023, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater

My feet hurt.

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You should invest in a dehydrator. You're no beginner. Screens are for the folks who pick with plastic shopping bags.

Also, mesh bags are adequate for scrounging up less than 2lbs of naturals. IMHO, the shrooms really suffer when you pack too many into a bag. The sides pull in crushing the morels and coarse mesh is like a cheese grater when the bag is full. A drilled out bucket is the only way to go for burn picking. Supports the weight, protects from impacts and can be clipped to your pack. You'll never see a commercial picker using a bag and for good reasons.

**zion zig zag** · 06-15-2023, 03:23 PM

Found this in the yard while mowing.

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**The Reverend Floater** · 06-15-2023, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by neckdeep

You should invest in a dehydrator. You're no beginner. Screens are for the folks who pick with plastic shopping bags.

Also, mesh bags are adequate for scrounging up less than 2lbs of naturals. IMHO, the shrooms really suffer when you pack too many into a bag. The sides pull in crushing the morels and coarse mesh is like a cheese grater when the bag is full. A drilled out bucket is the only way to go for burn picking. Supports the weight, protects from impacts and can be clipped to your pack. You'll never see a commercial picker using a bag and for good reasons.

I actually ordered one last night.

I've been hesitant because one of my very favorite things about morel hunting is the simplicity relative to all of my other pursuits. I grab my hiking boots, bug spray, water bottle, pocket knife and mesh sack and bam, I'm in the game. Compare that to the kits I use for backcountry hunting, skiing, fishing or biking and it's a beautiful thing.

But yeah, I gave in knowing I can now dehydrate a ton of food for all the other adventures!

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