When to Look for Morel Mushrooms Morel mushrooms are a spring treasure. Cavan Images, Getty Images. Pay Attention to the Leaves “The old timers say that when the oak leaves are the size of a mouse’s ...

1½ oz. (¾ cup) dried wild mushrooms, such as morels, chanterelles, or black trumpets ; 2 medium onions, 1 whole, peeled, 1 finely chopped ; 1 bay leaf ...

Two views of finding spring mushrooms. “I have been looking for morels for the past 20 years,” Ryan Leonard of Park Ridge emailed Friday. “Today was an `all timer.’ ...