Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
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Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
Thanks everyone for the advice!! really helpful ya i figured it was probably to early so we'll go after the rain like you said thanks again!!
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Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
THERE ARE NONE. NEVER HAVE BEEN. NEVER WILL BE. GIVE UP NOW.
Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
Jaide_d wrote:THERE ARE NONE. NEVER HAVE BEEN. NEVER WILL BE. GIVE UP NOW.
There will be truck loads where the big Terrace Mountain fire was last summer. Just walk through the burned areas under the dead trees, when the time and temperature and moisture is right there will be millions.
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Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
We went up by Fintry!!! we found 7 pounds worth YAYYY!!
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Oh please Jaide-d i guess you dont want me to find your precious mushrooms less pickers less competition!
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Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
Apparently the fire sterilizes the ground which encourages the spores to grow. The actual spores are everywhere.
sorta. The mycophae (the actual mushroom plant) is everywhere underground, feeding off the decay around the root systems. When the trees die the mushrooms have a huge loss of food and put all of their energy into producing fruit (mushrooms) in order to produce seeds (spores) and move to somewhere with more live trees (food).
Where there was fire, there will be morels the next year after the first good rainfall, and after the thaw of course.
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Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
In my saucepan ;-)
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Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
Does anyone know if it's been warm enough yet to go mushroom picking?
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Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
I saw a few mushrooms popped up last week around some shady warm wet spots on the hills not too high, nothing of great value that I know of. Looked within a week old.
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Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
unknown wrote:Jaide_d wrote:THERE ARE NONE. NEVER HAVE BEEN. NEVER WILL BE. GIVE UP NOW.
There will be truck loads where the big Terrace Mountain fire was last summer. Just walk through the burned areas under the dead trees, when the time and temperature and moisture is right there will be millions.
The Terrace Mtn fire was not last year!
Last year was the picking year for the fire from the year before.
It is far too early to find many Morels, there is 2-4 feet of snow around Terrace Mtn, even if some did pop up.
It is too cold at higher elevations for them, but you can get lucky and find some naturals down low right now.
I still have 22 pounds of dried from last years picking.
PM me if you are interested.
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Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
Wait til june roughly 1 year after a forrest fire, You will find them, They can be found for several years after the fire.
You can go up o.k mtn park, terace, fintry, glenrosa, and the mountain above pebble beach, Probablt your best bet as it is lowest in elavation
You can go up o.k mtn park, terace, fintry, glenrosa, and the mountain above pebble beach, Probablt your best bet as it is lowest in elavation
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Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
NotLikeYou wrote: They can be found for several years after the fire.
I have yet to see that! Usually the spring and summer after the fire and that's it!
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Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
Morels typically grow abundantly in areas damaged by forest fire. These bumper crops may continue for two or three years after a fire, and commercial gatherers sometimes flock to the smoldering ashes in hopes of a cash crop.
Morels also grow in the same locales year after year as long as the picker doesn't harm the mycelium that produces the mushroom. Undamaged, and with favourable weather conditions, the fungus will produce a crop each year.
Morels also grow in the same locales year after year as long as the picker doesn't harm the mycelium that produces the mushroom. Undamaged, and with favourable weather conditions, the fungus will produce a crop each year.
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Re: Where to find Morel mushrooms in the Okanagan?
We couldn't find any in the Terrace fire a couple of weeks ago. I think it's been over-picked by the commercial guys, or too much time has passed after the fire, or both.
Those commercial guys should made a pig-pen out of the place they were camped - MFLNRO (eg your tax dollars) had to go in and clean up the chit-show they left behind. I hope they charged the pigs involved.
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