By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Springtime will draw many into the woods hunting for the precious morel mushrooms.
Tom Weipert of Savannah, known as The Mushroom King, says he calls mushroom hunting an easter egg hunt for adults.
"Something that we can go out in the woods and do, it's actually, you know mushroom hunting has become for me it's pretty therapeutic, just to be out in the woods and be around nature," Weipert tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. "You know whether you find a Morel or not, it's kind of like the fishing story there's never a bad day mushroom hunting, even if you don't find any it's still you got out in the woods and you tried."
"That's why they do call it mushroom hunting too, you're not always successful."
Weipert garnered the nickname The Mushroom King in high school after his success hunting them.
Weipert will hold a presentation tomorrow to help people identify the different types of mushrooms they can find and more. . .
"We go over what to wear, what not to wear, you don't want to go out in flip flops you have to be reasonable when you mushroom hunt," Weipert says. "I've even told people I carry a backpack a lot of times with supplies in case I fall down and get hurt or something, might have to be there for a day or so, especially when I'm out west hunting fire morels."
The presentation will be held at two o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Remington Nature Center in St. Joseph.