It has been awhile since I've spotted a Morel, finding the right habitat is the first challenge. Nice specimen.

That's a lilac that it is growing by is it not?

I love morels

larch suillus

a bit over exposed and suillus sibiricus I think under my swiss stone pine

Yes, was growing along the side of my lilac hedge in the back yard. Guessing 6" tall, pretty incredible imo. Hope more come in the future.

Hunting for morels can be challenging. And you need the right weather. At least around here. We always had the best picking right at the time when the poplar trees were breaking bud and showing some greenish hue at the tops. And you needed a nice rain with nights above mid 50's df . That doesn't happen every year.

Even then, you had to search out the areas that you know from experience grows them. Semi low ground, poplar trees etc around here. We covered a lot of acres some years and some years of course were better than others. They only lasted a few days then sort of disappear again. Different areas and soils can be different types of morels and timing.

Thanks Bill, I will do a hunt for them next spring.

From my limited experience with the white morels, they come later in the season and more of an 'upland' mushroom. The one in the picture was end of May.