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On the Trail of the Michigan Morel

The above video features an interview of Tom Nauman of Morelmania.com by Zachary Trost of OutdoorMichigan.com

The LSJ has a great feature on the hunt for the morel mushroom that includes tips about how to tell true from false morel, where to hunt and links to a number of more web sites.

Wow! Here's a gigantic morel! You can read about it in The Morel of the Story in the Oakland Press. An abnormally wet and cool May has resulted in a bumper crop of big morel mushrooms. "I'm at the Royal Oak Farmers Market every Saturday," said Shelly Mazur of Mazur's Mushrooms and More, "and they're coming in like crazy.

Leelanau Spring Pasta ... a Morel Recipe

8 oz fresh or dried pasta
1 TB olive oil
2 cloves garlic
Fresh or dry basil and salt (to taste)
8 asparagus spears (coarsely chopped)
8 morels or regular mushrooms (sliced)
4 oz Leelanau Herbed Cheese

Cook pasta and set aside. In large saucepan, saute onions, basil and garlic until onions translucent. Add asparagus and morels, cook until asparagus is tender. Stir in cheese, cover, and remove from heat. Serve over noodles.

Visit Leelanau Cheese!

Read Morel - fresh from the forest, prized mushrooms are 'manna from heaven' in the Lansing State Journal
Visit Michigan Morels web site
Check keyword "mushroom" for articles and Morel Mushroom events from Absolute Michigan
Photo of a whole pile of Morels on Flickr