Page 18 2025 Spring Home and Garden LINCOLN DAILY NEWS April 2025 In Central Illinois, one of the best parts about the coming of spring is the prospect of finding those large golden fungi we all know as the Morel Mushroom. It’s a fun time of walking in the woods and exploring nature that culminates in the reward of that heavenly mana that we enjoy for only a very short time in the spring and then hunger for the other 10 to 11 months of the year. Some “hunters” have their special locations, they guard the secret as carefully as the government guards Fort Knox. Some take their special location to the grave, but if they really, really love their heirs, they may share their secret in a specially coded message buried deep down in the very fine print of their wills. Yes, those special fungi are just that important. However, we are constantly changing in society and one of the big changes is the elimination of those deep foliage wooded areas that by nature nurture the growth of morels. With woodland disappearing in exchange for housing, thus disappear the morels. The search for the illusive Morel – in your backyard! Continued --
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