The 1997 Chronicles
The Great Black Forest typically produces the first morels of the season. The sighting of the black morel signifies the beginning of the morel season. This page is intended to highlight this event and serves no other purpose other than generating a woody.
March 26, 1998
Went to the Black Forest today! Knew it was to early but had to go check a wash out in the vicinity that could cause a major sewer trunk line major problems. Soil conditions were favorable (moist) and things are just now starting to break through the ground. I would estimate 1 to 2 more weeks and we will be harvesting some blacks. Calling for 70 thur. 72 fri. and rain Saturday. Hope they are right. I have found blacks as early as apr. 10. will let you know.
March 29, 1998
Today March 29 1998 in Sidney, Ohio the weather was unbelievable. I think the temp. probably reached some where around 85 or so. This was following a day of warm rain on Sat. (65). A fellow Black Forest friend and I went on what we first thought would be just a warm up. We didn't expect to find any and would've been content to just slide into the forest and check conditions. Upon arrival to the Forest my friend Tim Littlejohn stopped and stared at something for a long time. I was to far away to see what it was he was looking at. I think he could tell I was antsy to know but there was no way I was going to ask. He looks over at me with a grin and says "a dollar for the first shroom?" I said (trying to hold back my excitement) hell yes!
As all good shroomers know, when someone finds one you stop automatically, like the whole world just stopped spinning. You look at every inch of ground in front of you and every inch you just covered all from the spot you were stopped by the great "I got one call". Needless to say with my keen shroom eye and all of my shroomin experience I spotted one almost the second after Tim did so we called the dollar thing off. We ended up with about 11 blacks, 8 of which were the size of my thumb. 3 of them were about the size of two thumbs. I did find one twin peaks and got them out together. I hope Brad can get a picture of them for this page thing on the net. He might add that in previous years the earliest I have ever found any blacks was Apr. 10. Maybe a new record for these parts.
March 30, 1998
There has been another sighting from some fellow Indiana Shroomers. The sighting has been reported in the Indiana Black Forest (sister forest to The Great Black Forest).
Just wanted to write and say that my buddy and I found eleven Blacks this weekend (Mar. 29) in Indiana. This is the earliest I have ever found them. Good luck with your hunting. bcoster@indiana.edu
These chronicles will be updated by the Master of the Black Forest, so that all can monitor the coming of the new season. Check back soon because as the Great Black Forest continues to produce it signifies the coming 1998 season.
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