hendre17's Identifications

Ecology: In grass-overgrown woody debris, moist after heavy rain
Caps: 20-30mm, orange-brown, striate, darker at disc, convex or flat
Lamellae: brown, close, adnate
Stipes: 3-4 cm , dingy brown, equal, hollow
Odor: None detected

This may sound strange, but this is actually the first true morel I have ever found. Albeit I’ve only been into this sort of thing for a year now. Today it was sort of my mission to at least find some sort of morel. At one point I was chanting “morchella morchella morchella” into the forest floor to see if anything would happen. Literally, no more than 5 minutes later I found this litte guy hanging out, growing out of a disturbed area of forest floor. There was only one (to my dismay) - something I came to accept 15 minutes after scouring the ground for more. Really awesome thing to find!

Im assuming this is M. norvegiensis because its a woodland morel and consistent with most images I found online. Im not a morel expert, so if I am wrong feel free to correct me!

I went home, made a spore solution, mixed with some ash and clay and spread it under a hemlock in the woods behind my neighborhood. I await next spring with minimal expectations.