Morel mushrooms are a mystery, a miracle, and a gift of the spring woods. This popular and easily-recognizable fungi remains something of a mystery to researchers and foragers alike. Where and why ...

Few things get foragers excited like morel mushroom season. Few mushrooms get culinary mycophiles more giddy, and for good reason. Morels are delicious. Because this nearly-impossible-to-grow mushroom ...

Correction: A previous edition of this story erroneously stated the type of trees that the Dutch elm disease is impacting in North America. This disease is impacting American elm trees. Spring has ...

| Morels can be hard to spot, and one of the most common mistakes among foragers is walking right past them. Flickr/George P. Macklin | For a lot of outdoorsmen, especially this time of year, ...

The drought that persisted through the later half of 2023 and through this past winter had me convinced that it would be a poor spring for morel mushroom hunting. Then April showed up on the calendar ...

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MOLINE, Ill. — While we are nearing the end of the morel mushroom season, there is still time to hunt for the highly sought-after mushrooms. The fungi have already been found in every one of our ...

Our area is a great place to forage wild mushrooms. We are fortunate to have extensive forest that are perfect homes to several edible fungi including, chanterelles, lion’s mane, chicken of the woods, ...

May is the month to find morel mushrooms in Michigan. But you can still find them from late April until mid-June, depending on the location and species. These famous mushrooms are not just found in ...

MOLINE, Ill. — The hunt is on for the popular morel mushroom! These often sought-after mushrooms require some fairly picky growing conditions that are not easy to duplicate, which is what has turned ...