Yellow morel from the "esculenta" family

I showed you the beginning of its growth in this post.

Early growth of a yellow morel.

This is currently the only morel of this group I found this year. It grows in my biotope #3.

Interesting outings regarding fungi : bell morels - Verpa conica. More...

In this   post, I told you about the different strategies to find morels.

It was with a grove of hawthorn, blackthorn and of an old apple tree abandoned.

As a reminder, here is a picture of the grove that I showed you.

A grove of potential interest.

Interesting outings regarding fungi : bell morels - Verpa conica

With the end of the rainy season and summer temperatures, I took the opportunity in recent days, to achieve different outings in different habitats at different altitudes.

My picking morels have been abundant, I could walk from my mind quiet and curious.

Rather than offer my outings one by one, I gather my finds by theme, except for my walk at high altitude.

First, a word about the biotopes: I realized an output at 700m altitude in a wooded area of Vosges forest and pasture area.

The black morel must be deserved !

And that is deserved in more ways than one! In fact it is black or common!

Not only, to find your spots of morels, you must spend time looking for them.

You will notice in this connection, that in the jargon of morel pickers, we talk about stalking, hiding, hunting morel, and many other terms of hunting.

But still, you have to have a faith, a perseverance, a sixth sense that tells you to go on and on, foolproof.

And when finally you reach the Holy Grail, you are not after your efforts !

An exceptional picking of morels

It doesn't happen often to me to pick as much

I must say that this April 19, 2012, the first morels waiting for me already quite far from my usual spot in the grass!

Morels in the grass.

Morel in the grass.

Morel, Morchella elata, in the grass.

Jew's ear or jelly ear

This is a mushroom not so common here.

You will often see it elsewhere on the elder tree.

This year I was lucky to find it on two different spots.

Jelly ear or Auricularia auricula-judae, is fairly easy to recognize due to its mat gelatinous appearance, with its ear-shaped, its color, deep wrinkles and small whitish bloom that can be seen very well on pictures.

Typical Jelly ear

Typical Jelly ear.

Arrival of the round yellow morels

It is the only spot of round yellow morels or Morchella esculenta var. rotunda that I know.

I had spotted last year and I was wondering if this station was perennial or pioneer.

It will take several years to determine, but this April 19, 2012, the first decided to show the tip of his cap.

The first round yellow morel appears.

Stroll in the mountains

This Wednesday, April 18, I did a little hike in the mountains.

The acid terrain of the Vosges doesn't lend itself to the growth of morels, but you can sometimes find interesting things.

Besides a wonderful habitat for summer fungi, I saw nothing of the fungal side.

A biotope in the Vosges mountains interesting to explore this summer.

Morel and weather of april 2012

You have probably noticed, after a dry, sunny and hot, we have, for about a week, a cloudy, sometimes rainy and unusually cold, with some frost at night.

What are then the consequences for the growth of our precious morels?