Mushroom Hunting

[BKLYNCyclone]

Dehydrated morels sell for $22 an ounce or more here... Fresh are probably off the charts. Anyone want to send me some to sell? You can pay me in morels...

 

[tidbit]

I've sold and shipped morels for $25 a pound on ebay.Lots of Iowa morels are sold on ebay.

 

[CloneIce]

I'm about to ask some dumb questions, but I don't know anything about this topic or anyone else who does, so here goes:

What do you do with the mushrooms that you find? Eat them in the next few days? Can them? Give them away/sell them? Any interesting recipes?

Seems like a lot of work for something I can buy at the store for a few bucks, is it worth the effort? I suppose for someone who is an outdoors enthusiast it can be pretty fun.

Morels are awesome. They are seriously one of the best foods ever, and you can't get them from stores.

 

[mustangwinner97]

here is the Iowa morel facebook page...
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[illinoiscyclone]

I don't know if it is just a good area or it has to do with the trees, when I was turkey hunting a few years ago I stumbled across a walmart bag full in this ol apple orchard I used to hunt. It happened again the next year too. The next year, they cut down all of the trees and then the year after that we quit leasing it, but I did not see any then.

 

[ISUboi12]

Anyone in Iowa have luck today?

 

[oskyclone]

Found about 11 small grays and 1 very small yellows in Ames area today.

 

[ddisu]

Bumping this, I need to know how its going. My dad and sister went out Sunday and found about 40 total. I would think the next couple days will be pretty good finding here in central Iowa.

 

[SNEDDS3]

i went out in the cedar rapids area the last 3 weeks and have found 200. started finding yellows yesterday, still a little cool i think.

 

[vmbplayer]

So question for you morel hunter types. Do you know of anywhere in the Ames area that you can sell Morels to? Grocery stores or anything like that, and how to do it if they accept them?

 

[st8]

So question for you morel hunter types. Do you know of anywhere in the Ames area that you can sell Morels to? Grocery stores or anything like that, and how to do it if they accept them?

I know that west hyvee has bought them the past few years. I have a buddy who works in the produce section. he said guys just come in and talk to the produce manger, he checks em out to make sure they look okay. I want to say last year they bought them off of guys for just under $10 a lb

 

[vmbplayer]

I know that west hyvee has bought them the past few years. I have a buddy who works in the produce section. he said guys just come in and talk to the produce manger, he checks em out to make sure they look okay. I want to say last year they bought them off of guys for just under $10 a lb

Awesome thanks.

 

[clonefreek]

My dad and I found about 3 bags full down around ottumwa

 

[1100011CS]

I know that west hyvee has bought them the past few years. I have a buddy who works in the produce section. he said guys just come in and talk to the produce manger, he checks em out to make sure they look okay. I want to say last year they bought them off of guys for just under $10 a lb

I thought you had to have some kind of "Mushroom identification certification" to sell them?

 

[st8]

Awesome thanks.

yes, I will accept compensation for my advice in mushrooms.

 

[vmbplayer]

I thought you had to have some kind of "Mushroom identification certification" to sell them?

They have to be certified by a federal inspector. You don't have to have the certification personally. There was a story on WHO this morning about it.

Iowa's New Program For Morel Mushroom Inspectors - WHO

 

[st8]

I thought you had to have some kind of "Mushroom identification certification" to sell them?

I think if you walk in wearing a john deere hat, a belt buckle, with a little dirt under the finger nails, and a wad of chew in your mouth, that's all the certification that's necessary!

seriously though, If you needed something like that to sell them, I believe it would be through the DNR. they don't have any regulation regarding morel sales as far as I know

 

[Sparkplug]

So question for you morel hunter types. Do you know of anywhere in the Ames area that you can sell Morels to? Grocery stores or anything like that, and how to do it if they accept them?

People are offering $20 a pound on Ames Craigs List. Look under wanted there's an ad.

 

[ontheverge]

They have to be certified by a federal inspector. You don't have to have the certification personally. There was a story on WHO this morning about it.

Iowa's New Program For Morel Mushroom Inspectors - WHO

Front page of Rag. today, big story on it.

 

[CyCloned]

I found about 3/4th of a walmart sack last week near Stone City. Probably go back again this week, as I think I was a little early. We had a pretty good rain last week and it got warm today so they should really be poping.