Last year we found a small patch of morels growing near a dying tree, probably an elm, but I’m not sure. Will they grow back in the same spot this year? I keep looking but so far haven’t seen anything popping up. We may have had too dry a Spring.
If you do get them try to not pull them up by the roots (Hyphae). If you do, cut that part off and try to replant around the tree.
A dying elm or tree produces a lot of sap that does not get transported to the leaves (Because there are fewer because dying.) The sap settles and leaks out of the roots and provides food to the morels who have established an symbiotic relationship with the three.