The Dutch Elm disease took out the Chinese Elm tree. There has to be a lesson here.
Morel like Elm and specifically decaying elm. They also like what my friend calls "popple" and apple orchards. I've really been working on my tree identification since I got into this. When my daughter and I went out and found nothing, we both spent the evening reading more about the habitat and tree identification. The next day, down in Mohican, we still didn't find any but we were able to identify Elm trees without them being in bloom.