Bluish Barn

After folding up the chairs and picking up from the 24-hour theatre (which was GREAT, congrats!) we took a Sunday afternoon excursion through the woods: Morel season is here. 

While neither Tim or I are mushroom hunting experts, we are definitely enthusiatic about mushrooms, maybe even mushroom enthusiasts. 

Sunday’s outcome: We (where “we” means Tim)  actually found 2 morels, one of which I am positive is the real deal (kind of a runt, but we don’t discriminate) and the other questionable, maybe a black poison death morel? Anyway, this is one of those things we think we could be really good at, Tim as an experienced scavenger with strong instincts and a fantastic mental map of Metro Detroit, and me, a pretty good landscape-scanner who has logged hours of photohunt and also frequently prepares a variety of mushroom-based dishes…..we just need to identify good places to go. 

This brings me to my question.  Are you an experienced hunter?  Do you want to show us the ropes? Wikipedia  can’t enlighten us like a seasoned moreller would.  We realize it’s just poor form to ask you to disclose your morel hunting spots, but if you feel comfortable telling us about old apple orchards, moist mossy ferny shady woods (preferably with lots of old growth), we’d be thrilled to add to our location list.  A friend or acquaintance of yours has acres of lovely of wooded property and thinks mushrooms are gross, perhaps?  The scoutabout continues this week after work, through the weekend. Contact us if you want to come along.  girlnextdoor at bluishbarn dot com.  or timothy at the same 

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