28/06/2025
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This year has been a very interesting year thus far for mushroom hunting. An exceptionally dry spring gave a great learning opportunity especially for the elusive Morels.
Iâve picked up new information about Morels growth habits and the environmental conditions conducive for fruiting.
One of the most challenging Springs to look for Morels, I ran a Morel hunting course this spring and we hit gold, I was very concise with my timing for it pitching the date last year and thankfully it couldnât have gone much better.
Next was Dryads Saddle, a mushroom that isnât entirely dependant on precipitation, me and Daisy went night foraging, in the pitch black with our touch we found a fallen Ash tree with over 15 fruiting bodies on it!
Chicken of the woods⊠One of my favourites to search for in the spring and certainly not as prolific as early Autumn, most of early spots didnât produce this year. I had one more in mind and found a fresh fruiting body, instincts told me to check around the location for more and I found a second!
Next was St Georgeâs, heavily dependent on rain, I have about 10 spots for them locally and after regular checking Iâd not even found a pin. Late into the season I remembered a secret patch next to a lake, I spent a few minutes sifting through the long grass and hey presto, flashes of white mushrooms started appearing.
Chanterelles, a species dependant on persistent rain, instinctively I new April and May had been too dry for chanterelles, a couple of weeks of sporadic rain early June was enough to get a few patches fruiting in damper areas.
Summers in, if the environmental conditions are right almost anything can fruit, my next target was Oysters, not entirely reliant on lots of precipitation these are a reliable species to hunt and large flushes make them very worth while to harvest.
Iâm looking forwards to my late Summer fungi hunting course, out looking for Summer Ceps, chanterelles, COTW and lots of other mystical species that can appear at that time of year
