I have been finding lots of these guys over the past week.

When I first started hunting for morels I researched how to identify trees based of bark so I could hunt under the elms, tulips, sycamores, etc. what I ended up finding out is mushrooms grow where mushrooms want, rules of thumb be damned.

This patch here was 30 feet away from the closest tree and at that they were pines. Morels cannot be stopped apparently. Happy hunting folks.

I can't wait. I'm definitely going to find some this year. I always find 5 in my yard every year, but I'm going hunting seriously this year. We still have a few weeks up here.

How many did you get from this patch?

Is that the type that becomes edible when you cook it 3x (and discard the cooking water each time)?

Nope, these guys are a choice edible. You are probably thinking of gyromitra genus.

There were about 10 or so. I only grabbed a few, I like to leave plenty to send out spores.

Yes, thank you.

Didn't know they had a preference for tree types. We had a morel show up sporadically over the years between a white pine and white birch. They're usually chewed on by the time I find them.