2020 Sightings Map

The 2020 Morel season overall was a good season for most. The first official sighting of the season was reported in Georgia in February and the 2020 map was officially open for business! The season had a hiccup with an unusual cold blast in the Midwest but morels were still being reported. All-in-all, it was a good year for many! For a more complete summary, check out the 2020 Morel Season Summary page.

The Great Morel would like to thank each and everyone who contributed to help make the 2020 Sightings map successful once again!

If you have issues not the latest sightings markers, try un-checking a month in the bottom left corner of the map and then rechecking the box next to the month.  It should refresh correctly.


There are plenty of features on the new interactive map – zoom, filter by month, full screen and more. Below the map you can find a table listing of the 20 most recent sightings along with images and notes if they were sent – there is a “more pages” button at the bottom of this table.

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USA Morels 2020 (www.TheGreatMorel.com)

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USA Morels 2020 (www.TheGreatMorel.com): 39.440000, -97.670000
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30117 Carrollton, GA 03/09/2023

Small river bottom, privet.

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55075 Inver Grove Heights, MN 05/26/2020

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60119 Elburn, IL 5/9/2020

Johnson's Mound, Kane County, Elburn, Illinois, 60119 in May of 2020 
Johnson's Mound: Golden Morels sighted on a north-east facing hill near the highest elevation of the trail. Sunny spring day, 80F. May. Only found in the one spot. Grounds were loose and surrounded by oaks. Photo attached of Morels found.

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92118 Coronado, CA 11/21/2020

Grew up eating these in Iowa but never thought I would find them here. 92118, Coronado CA

60s in the day, 50s at night.  60% humidity @1pm PT 

Found Nov 21st 2020. East side of island.

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80214 Edgewater, CO  6/27/2020

Front yard of suburban neighborhood. June 27th. Just after major rainstorm with hail.
Found it after my dog pooped right next to it.

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93262 Sequoia National Park , CA 6/26/2020

Found a total of 5 on June 26th in Sequoia National Park under a recently burnt Sequoia Redwood tree! They were about a mile away from the world's largest tree, General Sherman. Definitely an extremely lucky find! They were at about 6,000 feet elevation and completely dried out, but not rotted away because of the lack of moisture there in the summer. Not really edible anymore unfortunately. I was just hiking through the park not looking for morels at all, especially considering I'm a North Carolina resident lol.

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99556 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Kenai Peninsula Alaska

 

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83638 McCall, ID 06/10/2020

Morels in McCall -  6/10/ 20 Green Gate, Brundage Mtn. Approx.5500' rain showers, partly cloudy. winding down, need to gain elevation.

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83440 Rexburg, ID 6/19/2020
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97859 Meacham, OR 6/11/2020
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83615 Tamarack, ID  06/10/2020

Morels are ON!  High today 68F, low tonight 46F. We found quite a few at about 5500-6000ft elevation. Last week was warm and reached 80F, then it was cold and rainy on Sat, then snowed all day on Sun. The received 18" at 6600ft elevation. 

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83672 Weiser, ID  06/10/2020

Huge black morel - June 10, 2020 close to a gravel road @theadventuresofpaulandsue

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49729 Ellsworth, MI 06/04/2020

Single yellow - In a group of pine

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05359 West Townshend, VT 06/04/2020

southern VT morel 

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83864 Sandpoint, ID 05/15 - 05/24/2020

Weekend Foraging – 18-20 Gallons.  

May 16&17; May 23&24
rainy, 70 air, 50ish night, 3000 ft
blacks in 1 yr conifer logged areas
very large blondes (5-7") in 1 yr cottonwood logged and burn pile areas.

 

 

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05079 Vershire, VT 06/02/2020

Found on old logging trail under three separate smaller sized maple trees. 

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53010 Campbellsport, WI 06/01/2020

Found near dead elms.

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49660 Manistee, MI 05/30/2020

Cadillac Morel's - Short season in Manistee found some nice sized morels 25 @ 2 lbs

 

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14712 Bemus Point, NY  05/20/2020

Yellow morels - May 20

 

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L4M Craighurst, ON Canada  05/30/2020

Found two yelows - Wet day, first time out looking, found one in a big of a boggy area, about 4" high, second one a few feet away, only 2". Looked all over the woods everywhere in the area, didnt find any more. I dont know if these are the end? I hope not, but due to my inexperience, I dont know yet! Wish I had taken some pics, but gave to a friend for them to enjoy.

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49721 Cheboygan, MI 05/30/2020

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53172 South Milwaukee, WI 05/30/2020

East facing slope in Grant Park

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53120 East Troy, WI  5/29/2020

Found 4 big fellas by the side of the road -  First ever find for me! The look a but past their prime. Tips of cap seem to be rotting a bit but going to cut off the bad parts and cook them up anyway!

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Thornton Ontario, Canada 05/23/2020

Morels for supper with steak!  May 23 2020

Sunny… few days of intense heat following a cold spring… snow three weeks ago.
Image is new model and dried morels from 2016.

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05401 Burlington, VT 05/24/2020

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P0T 2C0 Manitouwadge, Ontario Canada 05/28/2020

Warm days, high of 20 – 28 C (high of 70 – 85 F), raining lightly two days, humid weather. The trees have all started leafing out, wild strawberries blooming. This is the earliest I have seen morels up here, north of Lake Superior. It's just a little one but the stem was already 3/4 eaten through, so I picked it!

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53913 Baraboo, WI 05/27/2020

Devil's Lake State Park

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56270 Morton, MN 05/26/2020

Just when we thought the season was over, we found these!

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55313 Buffalo, MN 05/26/2020

All found scattered together across a patchy field of grass just off the road.

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48462 Ortonville, MI 05/22/2020

3" high – two single white morels found at two separate sites. 5/22/2020
3 days after significant rainfall, temps in the 70's/80's

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