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Hot on the Trail of the Edible Fungi in Illinois

Date October 11, 2008

In the Midwest, morel mushrooms, a meaty sprout with a distinct honeycombed cap, are king.

Spring Landscaping, Greenery, & Plantings

Date May 25, 2008

This being a long Memorial Day Holiday weekend, I decided to start a large, important landscape project t. I have realized that my morel mushroom habitat won’t come to life this year - we would have seen morels sticking their heads up by now. I rented a behemoth of a tiller from Hertz rentals up […]

Backyard Cleanup, Before & After Jimenez Tree Service

Date May 12, 2008

This is slightly off topic, but since it is gardening related, I thought I’d post. Besides, I’m very happy with the results. Jacobo Jimenez of Jimenez Tree Service does great work. In February, he and another fellow did a fantastic job reclaiming our front slope which was totally overtaken by blackberries. He removed them, laid […]

Assistant Groundskeeper Earns His Keep

Date May 7, 2008

I’m so proud of my little boy Zuzu… look at what he brought home to us:

Big Thanks to The Great Morel!

Date May 5, 2008

My little blog, MyMorels.com, has received a big boost recently. I’ve had an email conversation with the Administrator, THE Great Morel himself over at The Great Morel. He was glad to see the documentation and recording of mymorels.com morel mushroom cultivation project. Since he’s put up links and a site review of MyMorels.com from their […]

Buying Morels Mushrooms

Date April 18, 2008

Morel mushrooms may or may not be available where you are; and if they are, there may be very limited supply or variety of morels available.
In any case, I know a place where you can get any species of edible morel mushroom, in any size order you want, and you can get fresh morels […]

Hunting for the Elusive Morel Mushroom, Pt. II

Date April 18, 2008

Hunting for the Elusive Morel Mushroom
By John Garman
Spring is the season for hunting morels, and they appear only briefly, making the harvesting season very short. Of course, spring is relative depending on where you live. In the U.S., morel mushroom season begins first in California and the Pacific Northwest, then southern states, then concentrates roughly […]

Are You a Roon?

Date April 16, 2008

Hunting for the Elusive Morel Mushroom, pt. I

By John Garman
Morel mushrooms are among the most prized edible wild mushrooms in the world. Resembling a sponge on a stick, morels don’t look like ordinary mushrooms— or taste like ordinary mushrooms. Morels have a rich, creamy flavor that is deliciously earthy, nutty, steak-like– and it’s this awesome […]