The Colorado Mycological Society has kindly asked James and I to do a foray for the club this Sunday. We will be searching for the often difficult to find Morchella esculenta, popularly known as the Golden or Blonde Morel. This year has been a very interesting year for weather for the front range of Colorado, and due to our great but late rains, the morel season so far has been very hit and miss. Some of the only areas we are finding them held their moisture during the drier part of early May. It is our assumption that this is why they were only in a few areas this year. However, Michael Kuo has a very good section of his book Morels about what he refers to as ‘Morel Theorizing’ where he pokes fun at much of morel hunter ‘science’ and discusses some of the leading ‘theories’ and morel know-how. If you haven’t already, purchase a copy of his book; it is a wealth of information. So, to make a long story shorter, we have no idea if we are going to see blonde morels this weekend. But I know we will have fun looking for (and theorizing about) this amazing fungi.

If you would like to attend this foray, we will be meeting in the Safeway parking lot on 28th and Arapahoe in Boulder Sunday May 22nd @ 9am. If you are a member of the Colorado Mycological Society the foray is free, non-members must make a $5 donation to Colorado Mycological Society. It is well worth it! Support your local mycological society!

The Great Nebraska Mushroom Hunt was a success again this year, with many people attending finding a good number of blonde morels. We would like to thank everyone who volunteered their time to make it such a wonderful event, especially Linda, for all her time and energy she dedicates each year to host the hunt. She also donates much of the proceeds towards the American Cancer Society in memory of the person who started it. Thanks again Linda!

After the Great Nebraska Mushroom Hunt, James and I headed towards Indian Cave State Park for camping and more morel hunting. Stay tuned for more pictures as well as the Nebraska Morel episode of Amateur Mycology Video Magazine featuring all of our morel adventures! On that same note, the editing of our trip to Texas is almost complete! It should be online in the next couple weeks!