Morel Mushrooms – yummy
As a results of last year’s 41 Complex and Saddle Complex wildfires, which burned more than 47,000 acres on the Bitterroot and Salmon-Challis national forests, conditions are expected to provide a bounty of morels mushroom. This means you, private citizen, can pick up to five gallon per day or 20 gallon for the season of the Black morel that grows in abundance after forest fires in the West. You will need to get a free permit from a Ranger District office before picking.
There are links to maps showing the two areas open to morel mushroom picking from April through August, weather dependent, of course, here. Just scroll down to the 2012 Mushroom Harvest Program and click on that link.
I enjoyed a delicious dish of Salmon with Morel mushroom sauce years ago. Wonder if any of the local restaurants around the harvest area would have special dishes made from Black morel mushrooms harvested from the wildfire area?
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This article was post back in 2012. Since than there have been a number of huge wildfires which have brought lots of folks out looking for Morel mushrooms. Here is link to a site focused on Morel mushrooms that might be of interest, especially if you are curious about cultivating these little gems of the fungi family. How to Grow Morels
