For Joe M. this year's morel hunting success has been only about 10% of last year. By now last year , after getting a good share of Morels, I was getting a decent quantity of King boletes, and I was seen all sorts of Amanitas, Ramarias, Suillus, etc. What is going on? I am a little confused, it looks like, is too early at some places, and too late at others, and I feel like I lost the bus somewhere. Somebody told me that a burned area by GardenValley was really good, but I missed that...Has anybody tried Featherville for morels yet?
Lately I had a little luck with the "Western Blond Mountain Morel" at Sage Hen, Morchella frustrata, sin: Morchella fallax", but I think that they are done for the year. It showed after the black morel and is much firmer, doesn't crumble as M. snyderi does. M. frustrata is reported from CA and OR, but I am relatively certain of their clasification. Have you collected these before? They cook into a nicely gold color. See pictures:
