The price of morel mushrooms

Robert R · March 23, 2007, 12:31:06 AM

The last several years, I have lucked into a honey hole for shrooms. I usually leave quite a few behind and stop hunting before they are done coming up because I have had all I want. This year, I would like to dehydrate a pound of fresh mushrooms and then sell it. Has anyone out there sold or bought morel mushrooms like this. I am curious as to the proper price.

Kcwoodbutcher · March 23, 2007, 02:12:03 AM

You can never have enough morels! City Market price for fresh morels has been $12 to $15 a pound

Cedarman · March 23, 2007, 07:18:03 AM

I can not believe any one would have the audacity to come on this forum and say they could go out and find too many mushrooms. It just makes some of us feel so inconsequential. :D :D :D

Robert R,if I were you I would take evasive measures when you head to your mushroom patch. I would check the truck for locating devices too. People will stoop to any means to find your patch. Happy picking.

CLL · March 23, 2007, 03:54:03 PM

If he finds more than he needs, he could sure send them to me. I probably woould even pay the postage. :D

Onthesauk · March 23, 2007, 05:25:01 PM

Just noticed an ad on Craigslist from Bellingham, WA for morels for $6.00 a pound. Sounds way cheap to me but..........

fuzzybear · March 23, 2007, 08:24:17 PM

$6 a pound is for wet fresh mushrooms. that's what the buyers pay. Retail for a pound of dried morels is around $175 to $250 this time of year.
We had large scale fires here 3 years ago and the following year I was picking morels every day. Price dropped to $5 and went as high as $8.50 per pound fresh. I was picking over 150 lbs a day. VERY good money.
I dried about 50lbs and sold them in January for $185 a pound, and I was told I let them go to cheap.

Money to be made in those fungi!!! ;D

Robert R · March 23, 2007, 09:41:00 PM

Thanks guys. I'm not talking 100s of pounds here or anything. My wife won't eat them so a mess or two is good for me for the year but I hate to think of just leaving that money lying on the forest floor for the possums and bugs to eat. I may see if I can find a local fresh buyer to sell to as well.