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Article: PAUL A. SMITH The treasure hunt Morel picking proves to be a delicious experience
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 17, 2009
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Kewaskum -- The early May sun beams down on the glacial ridge,
bright light penetrating the sparse canopy and revealing details on
the forest floor.
It's enough to make my eyes water. But is that because my
blindfold was just removed? Or because here, rising up from the
brown carpet of leaves, is a morel?
The delectable fungi is the first I've spied this season. And it
looks like it won't be the last.
"Careful where you step," said Britt Bunyard of Germantown, one
of my guides for the afternoon. "They are masters of camouflage."
I've joined Bunyard and Tom Bardenwerper of Thiensville on a
mushroom hunting expedition in the Wisconsin spring woods.
I think we were in the Kettle Moraine State ...