VERMONTPACKRAT said:After work tonight the MRS. and I headed to our honey hole for a few more shrooms. We managed to find a couple of really nice extra large ones ! The big ones are the best for stuffed mushrooms
VPR
Are you willing to share what trees, if any, were nearby?
Here on the West Coast, I have been growing morels since 1985. Knowing what trees are nearby may also indicate what the morels prefer to feed on, since most morel species appear to be saprophytes (living by breaking down organic debris).
Pretty wild all the flavors and effects mushrooms can provide 
We may be able to get one more batch before they dry up around here. They seem a little late for my area this year.
Cal_Cobra said:What do Morels taste like? We don't (as far as I know at least) have them in California.
I did have mushroom icecream....sounds nasty, BUT it was made from candy cap mushrooms, which taste like butterscotch
also been picking almost a month and will look tommorrow. had about 15 tuesday the same size as the one you showed. as big as pepsi bottles. had mine with fresh asparagus and a porterhouse steak. mich has had a long season this year. good luck ps forgot to get pics 
apple orchards are honeyholes
Tuberale said:Cal_Cobra said:What do Morels taste like? We don't (as far as I know at least) have them in California.
I did have mushroom icecream....sounds nasty, BUT it was made from candy cap mushrooms, which taste like butterscotch
Morels are sometimes called "Dry Land Fish", which should give you some indication. They have their own, meaty texture, flavor and aroma. They are ascomycetes, which just means that the spores are born in ascii: elongated sacs. They are closely related to truffles.
They are found all over California. At lower elevations, they are pretty much gone by now. But at higher elevations in the Sierra Nevadas, you find them now and later in the season, especially where there have been recent fires, road-building, construction, etc.
Most reference books refer to the maple syrup flavored Candy Cap.
Just wait until you start looking for truffles, though! Wild, out of the ordinary flavors and extreme tastes: an ounce of truffles is like 2-10 pounds of other mushrooms! In California, look under oak, Douglas-fir or Redwoods in the northern coastal areas. Eucalyptus often has underground fungi, but edibility of most of these is currently not well known.
Any good websites or books you can recommend?
For more information on U.S. truffles, go to North American Truffling Society's website: www.NATS.org.Cal_Cobra said:Tuberale said:Cal_Cobra said:What do Morels taste like? We don't (as far as I know at least) have them in California.
I did have mushroom icecream....sounds nasty, BUT it was made from candy cap mushrooms, which taste like butterscotch
Morels are sometimes called "Dry Land Fish", which should give you some indication. They have their own, meaty texture, flavor and aroma. They are ascomycetes, which just means that the spores are born in ascii: elongated sacs. They are closely related to truffles.
They are found all over California. At lower elevations, they are pretty much gone by now. But at higher elevations in the Sierra Nevadas, you find them now and later in the season, especially where there have been recent fires, road-building, construction, etc.
Most reference books refer to the maple syrup flavored Candy Cap.
Just wait until you start looking for truffles, though! Wild, out of the ordinary flavors and extreme tastes: an ounce of truffles is like 2-10 pounds of other mushrooms! In California, look under oak, Douglas-fir or Redwoods in the northern coastal areas. Eucalyptus often has underground fungi, but edibility of most of these is currently not well known.
Odd I've lived here almost all my life and never heard of morels in CA
I know some of those truffles are BIG $$$. I'm sure with as many places as I detected in the forests in NorCal this spring, I probably went by all kinds of good mushrooms, I need to get into mushroom collecting
Thanks, I appreciate the info.
Brian
