Does anybody hunt mushrooms? Got any advice for a first time mushroom hunter? How do you tell the good ones?

Are there any special 'surroundings' to look for?Does anybody hunt mushrooms? Got any advice for a first time mushroom hunter? How do you tell the good ones?
Around my home town area, a lot of people go 'morel' or mushroom hunting out in the woods. First and foremost, do your research to know the difference in the mushrooms. Morels are edible, others can be deadly. You can find pictures to see the difference. I went morel hunting once. In the woods, if you see 'May apples,' these are low growing large leafed plants, you will usually find morels nearby. After a rain and when the sun pops out, is a good time to start your morel hunt. The moisture and heat of the sun will pop them up. Go everyday for a week or two so to find morels. This is the time of year people begin to look for them. I lived in Indiana, and from mid April to first of May, depending on when the weather is a good time for morel hunting. Look around and under fallen trees/logs. Here is a link to where you can read about morels, see pics and learn about toxicity of some mushrooms, or false morels.


http://theforagerpress.com/fieldguide/mo鈥?/a>





You may want to consider wearing some high top boots as snakes are starting to slither around now. Be prepared if you life up a log, you may find one underneath. Just letting you know. Take a paper bag or two with you. You may find several or you may find a sack full. I love morels. I use to put the morels in water and let them soak in salted water to loosen any dirt on them, rinse and lay out on a paper towel to dry. I made a batter of egg/milk mixture, and dipped in flour, and fried in oil in a skillet. They are good with ketsup, same as fried green tomatoes are good with ketsup. Please be careful, but morel hunting can be fun. Just educate yourself for safety reasons on the various mushrooms! You may want to ask someone to come along that has morel hunted before and is aware of good and bad mushrooms. Once you learn, you can go solo! Be safe and have fun.Does anybody hunt mushrooms? Got any advice for a first time mushroom hunter? How do you tell the good ones?
Take an experienced mushroom hunter with you, some mushrooms have look-a-likes that are deadly, and liver poisoning/transplants/death is not worth a few mushrooms if you don't know what you are looking for. Morels are more commonly found popping up under elm and black walnut trees. When I lived in northwestern Missouri, my grandfather took my uncle out one morning after the ground had warmed up and it came a warm rain, they saw mushrooms popping up out of the ground as they were walking around. People in that area can find bushels of them when the weather is right in certain years, they have get-togethers called ';mushroom-fries';.
I checked out every book they had in the library about mushrooms when I was in North Carolina as there were so many varieties growing all over the place. Not one would say 'this is not poison'.


here in the West I started picking them when I was 4 with my parents. We went to the forrest and they are delicious but you have to know what you are picking as there are many copy cats out there that are poison. I would find an older person that actually knows what to pick.
I use to hunt mushrooms when I was young and my brother still does. The only one I know is the morel mushroom. They are found in moist areas, around old dead trees or in abandon orchards. Usually in spring when you get a good rain and the weather warms up. My mom would soak them over night in salt water drain roll them With flour ,salt %26amp; pepper and fry in butter or oil.---------------Gosh! You guys why all t/ds on all these answers.
Learn to identify. Join a group or club. When first starting out hunt with an experienced mushroom harvester. Do not eat any fungus that you are not sure of.





Learn to identify all mushrooms exactly 100%, or it will be fatal and not a pleasant way to die.





Good luck.
well firstly look under trees, and the time of year matters, and horse muck, some like growing in that, but if you take my advice, do not eat what you pick unless you clear it first with someone who knows, we eat them, but, my husband is an expert mushroom picker, lol
yes in west virginia they do.. but i'll try 2 get back 2 you when i find the answer 2 your question.. but right now is the time 2 hunt and don't eat 2 many because it could make you sick.. my sister said they taste kinda sweet.. she's the one that barffed .. my hillbilly family mushroom hunts every year and all still living : )
I love mushrooms and know a tiny bit about them. I have an Aunt who knew what to look for and a friend who has hunted mushrooms. My advise is to go with someone who knows what they are doing! The wrong mushrooms can kill you. Seriously the wrong mushrooms can really mess you up or kill you. Be careful!
Alot of people around here hunt for the elusive Moral mushroom. I guess they sell at a pretty good price. Never done it myself, but those who do, won't give out their secrets on where they find them.
Hardwood marshes/wetter areas of the wood. I only pick morels cause that's all I can positively identify (toad stools are deadly)
Buy them from your grocery store to be safe. I love mushrooms but would not want to take a chance even if I knew the good ones. Poppy
LOL good one! I guess there are no older people who eat mushrooms out of the wild. Better stick to supermarkets if you want to get old.
North side of dead or dying elm trees is where I find morels.
LOL....let me know how this goes
get a pig