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04/19/2023

🎵 It's the most wonderful time of the year... 🎵
..for fungus fanatics in the Ozarks, that is. 'Tis the season for Morchella species, more commonly known as morels, to produce their fruiting bodies. These wild mushrooms emerge when conditions are right in the spring, usually April to early May, and are considered a delicacy to mushroom hunters across the midwestern, southern, and eastern United States.

Like all mushrooms, morels exist primarily as a web of cells known as mycelium, and the part that we recognize as a mushroom is actually a reproductive structure. As such, picking the mushrooms does not harm or reduce the wild population of the species since the growing part of the fungus remains in place and alive in the ground. However, if you want to give something back for the mushrooms you harvest, just carry your bounty in a mesh bag; the mushrooms will continue to release spores as you walk and seed fresh patches that will last for years to come!

Morels are notoriously difficult to spot, but tend to be easier to find after brush and dead leaves have been removed by fire. The use of prescribed fire in the Ozark Riverways and surrounding conservation lands makes this area a prime hunting ground for morels. Gathering wild edibles, including morels, is permitted within the Riverways, up to 1/2 bushel per person.

For more information on morels and how to find them, check out the Missouri Department of Conservation's field guide: https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/morels

Image: A group of yellow morels, also known as common morels, sprouts from the leaf litter on the forest floor. Credit: Missouri Department of Conservation

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08/12/2022

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Weight: 2 ounces.