Hello Kevin here. Wendy and I went to the Cabin Creek area on Saturday and didn't find anything. We continued on to Bear Basin and got a pretty good bag of Morels. It seems like there are some fresh ones and a lot of old morels out in Bear Basin. I think the weather this year has been tough on the morels.

Bob Chehey here. I've been manning the Master Gardener plant pathology desk a lot, recently.  Here are what have been brought in from the Boise area:  Volvariella speciosa, Morchella sp., Phallus impudicus, and Psathyrella candoleana.  From Rush Peak, near Cambridge I saw Tricholoma sp., Suillus lakei, and Pluteus cervinus cpx.

Hello Kevin Here.
Wendy and I went up near Cabin Creek and only found the very start of the LBM's. They need to be up and starting to dry out before the Morels come up. This hot weather may get them going. I think they need at least 10 days more before we see anything.

Finally DIDN'T get skunked...

Here's my find of the day...just 1...but at least it proves morels still exist. (I always wonder just a bit whether or not I have made them up until I find the first one of the year. =)

Located on the greenbelt, near a huge patch of inky caps. Found in the first 30 seconds of searching, but looked for another 30 minutes hoping that where one was found, two would be also, but alas. Also met a lovely lady with a dog and an accent who wondered what I was doing. When I told her, she walked me to a patch where she'd seen "hundreds of 'those' mushrooms last year." Nothing yet, but it looked a likely spot. We shall see!

One of these years, I really hope my April 20th anniversary present is to find a morel before Kevin does. It really only seems fair.

Krista