Are there Morel Mushrooms in Louisiana?

I don't trust my identity skills enough for picking mushrooms. It was just something I was taught as a kid and army survival training reinforced.

They say only 10% or so of all the existing species are poisonous, but what are the odds that I won't find 100% of that 10%?

Yes. A few secret locations east of the river

Yes, they grow here but they are rare. I know a feller in west fel parish who has some secret spots for them

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They do exist in LA but in small numbers and in very isolated locations. If I were going to just look and try and find some, I'd focus on on areas will elevation change, sandier soils, and a creek bed or other nearby water source. That's at least how I've found them in other states.

Yes in North Louisiana I’ve heard people finding them in Kisatchie

They go for a ton of money here in Missouri if you bring them to the cities. But, as another said, they do correlate to trees and it is often pretty easy to find them along waterways. But really it is easy to find them anywhere in lots of forests (edit, forests up here in Missouri).

If you look at growing them it is insanely hard. They need seemingly perfect conditions to pop, which is why no one grows them commercially. A while back, Michigan State (I believe) was trying to grow them but I don't think it's a thing anymore.

I’ve too heard of them being found in the Feliciana’s. I’ve yet to find any on my properties. An outdoorsman can confidently identify chanterelles, oysters and morels in Louisiana. I taught myself using online resources. The look a likes are easy to spot…