I found a couple of Morel Mushrooms!
I was out walking my dog and sat down to retie my shoe and I see this two inch morel. I've never seen one in real life before. I had never even heard of them until I saw people on DU talking about them last Spring. I looked around and saw another tiny one, about an inch long on the other side of the fence. It's so cold out I didn't look around for more but it'll be warmer towards the end of the week.
Anyone else find any yet?
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Is that freeperism still used around here?
But seriously, that's cool!
Yeah, I was excited to actually see one. I didn't pick them because they're so small, but when I got home I googled them and apparently that's the size they're supposed to be. They're so tiny and with the leaf mulch they blend right in. I 'm hoping once it's warms up I'll find some more.
They typically grow on decaying wood, especially elm. I had some dead hackberry branches in that part of the yard, and hackberry is an elm relative. Hoping for more this year.
I fried them in butter and ate them. They were excellent.
Have you looked for them again this year?
I went and got mine after dinner tonight. I looked around for some more but had no luck. I came home and sauteed them in butter and threw a piece of crusty french bread in the same pan, toasted it all up and put the mushrooms on top with a little parmesan.
Wow, so good. I want more.
Is morale high enough? 
They were so good.
My confidence in hunting for edible mushrooms is pretty low, so I'll leave it to the experts and enthusiasts that are still alive 
When I was a kid I'd go visit my Dad on the weekends, he lived out in the country. My older step brothers were total pot heads, we'd get high and then go look for shrooms in the cow fields around there. They were everywhere...good times.
