Above and right: Competitors check in and pick up their materials and information
Back to THE ILLINOIS STATE MOREL MUSHROOM HUNTING CHAMPIONSHIP
A tremendously huge THANK YOU to George Meredith of Traverse City, Michigan
for providing these photos of the
2002 Illinois State Morel Mushroom Hunting Championship
and Spongy Fungi Festival
Above and right: Competitors check in and pick up their materials and information |
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Above: A cooler full of morels that will be sold at the auction. Left: Spongy Fungi Festival President Tootie Mercer signs in morels to be sold at the auction. |
A young shroomer has pancakes for breakfast. He'll need the energy to fill those bags later on. |
We see all kinds of morel art, the most unique was this tatoo. |
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Seventeen busses from First Student transported the 697 competitors. |
No, that's not a morel, but still a good find. |
Bags of morels in the back of Tom's van with an hour yet to go in the competition. |
At least he didn't get skunked. |
Her neither |
A shroomer pretending not to notice the mushroom up ahead so she can catch it before it runs away! |
That leaf is just not big enough for this roon to hide behind. |
Those pancakes worked! |
This one's trying to shrink back into the ground. |
A triple header! |
Greys! |
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Three entries at the Cruise-In. |
Carl Tomlinson, our distinguished auctioneer. |
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The "Official Counters" |
Mushroom author Larry Lonik with some Shroom Sticks to sell |
A festival attendee inspects Rat & Sis's Mobile Mushroom Museum |
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The 2002 Grand Champion of the Illinois State Morel Mushroom Hunting Chanpionship, Randy Dedecker. Clockwise from above: 1. The Grand Champion Trophy. 2. Randy holding the trophies he won for most and biggest. 3. Randy holding the largest mushroom found that day. 4. The Largest Mushroom trophy. 5. The 117 mushrooms that Randy found in the 2 hour competition. |
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Some of our favorite people. Otherwise known as "Leonard & the Peases" |
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Morel and other mushrooms products |
A state by state listing of sightings of our favorite fungi - since 1998 |
Articles about mushroom hunting |
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Communications
Write us at: Morel Mania, R.R. 1 - Box 42, Magnolia, IL 61336 (USA)
Phone: 309-364-3319
Fax: 309-364-2960
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Right: Two competitors with weapons ready!
A seller displays morels for sale while Laurie
Smith goes to get to get more.
