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So..I was out having a smoke the other day at work and saw a little 'ol morel poking it's head up out of the dirt.
I thought what the heck, a Morel?..here?
Then I looked around the other side of the stumps & found the big'uns.
I'd been going out for a smoke back here behind the shop for pert near 8 years now & never saw a morel.
I've seen rats,snakes,rabbits,various little birds,hawks,eagles and other fungi, but never a wild morel.
It was nice back there because we had the shade from the big 'ol cottonwoods,with blackberry vines all up the fence to block the view of the highway & the breeze would blow down the side of the building so it was a cool place to take the afternoon break in the summer.
Anyways,the owners of the building decided to have the trees removed last year
and I can only surmise that the morel spores came from the tree removal people & their equipment when they chopped down the trees.
I've seen pics of some big Morel's on the net,but never seen any this big over where I camp & usually harvest them so I was really surprised to see these big guys right in my back yard.(so to speak)
After taking the pics and thinking about where they are growing I decided not to eat any of these guys.
We're just a mile or so from the Duwamish River which is a Supper Fund Site because it's so damned polluted & we're just down the road from the local Transfer Station(The Dump) so I ain't taking no chances of getting an Industrial Disease! :barf:
With my trusty work knife...the JK FF XL.
And a shot with my newest Opi mods.(The #9 & Coghlans #7)
Now I can't wait to get me some mountain grown Morelies!
I thought what the heck, a Morel?..here?
Then I looked around the other side of the stumps & found the big'uns.
I'd been going out for a smoke back here behind the shop for pert near 8 years now & never saw a morel.
I've seen rats,snakes,rabbits,various little birds,hawks,eagles and other fungi, but never a wild morel.
It was nice back there because we had the shade from the big 'ol cottonwoods,with blackberry vines all up the fence to block the view of the highway & the breeze would blow down the side of the building so it was a cool place to take the afternoon break in the summer.
Anyways,the owners of the building decided to have the trees removed last year
and I can only surmise that the morel spores came from the tree removal people & their equipment when they chopped down the trees.I've seen pics of some big Morel's on the net,but never seen any this big over where I camp & usually harvest them so I was really surprised to see these big guys right in my back yard.(so to speak)
After taking the pics and thinking about where they are growing I decided not to eat any of these guys.
We're just a mile or so from the Duwamish River which is a Supper Fund Site because it's so damned polluted & we're just down the road from the local Transfer Station(The Dump) so I ain't taking no chances of getting an Industrial Disease!
:barf:
With my trusty work knife...the JK FF XL.
And a shot with my newest Opi mods.(The #9 & Coghlans #7)
Now I can't wait to get me some mountain grown Morelies!
