The morel sighting maps are a great way to help each other out a little. Morel hunters often refer to the maps as the morel progression maps, and they have always been a favorite. The Great Morel is often asked “Is it time yet?” or “Are there morel sightings in my neck of the woods?” The maps are a great resource.
If you would like to submit a sighting, the guidelines are pretty, use the form below and add a Zip Code, a City, and State, along with and date found. If you want to add any additional information such as county, weather or soil conditions, or an image that is fine (two-image limit). Sightings will be posted periodically throughout the day during the prime morel season.
Use the submit form below or you can email at
2026 Morel Sightings Map
The 2026 Morel season is on! Reports were slow early on, however, they have been picking up in the early part of April. Some morel hunters are reporting a bit earlier than usual, while some folks are begging for rain. Soon the morels will make their way to a woods near you. As always, Mother Nature is always in control and we can only hope she is kind to our morels. As the season progresses and it is your time – head to the woods – for the rebirth of the morels!
Click here for the 2026 Photo Gallery and while you are here, maybe visit The Morel Store where everything is on sale! Spend a little time on The Great Morel, and don’t forget to read some of the great articles too.
Note: the sighting reports are updated periodically throughout the day during the prime morel season. Markers are dropped on the map by Zip and or Town name, not actual GPS coordinates.
There are plenty of features on the interactive map – double click on images to open full size, zoom, filter by month, full screen and more. Below the map you can find a table listing of the 40 most recent sightings along with images and notes if they were sent – there is a “more pages” button at the bottom of this table. If you have issues not seeing 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.
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 | First time ever coming across a morel 🙂 Found four little guys on top of a slope under poplar and elm.
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| Another 34 found today same area. Starting to dry out. Need rain for the yellows. |
| Klamath falls - Sprague river Oregon
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| Half free morels - Earliest I've found them yet. 64! Gotta check the other spots now!
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| Found 83 today in morrow county - Low by swamps
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| Gray - Island
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| Early grays - 80 degrees and open yard
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| Just getting started! Yay!
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| Black Morel Sighting in Warren County, PA - 77 degrees today. Mostly cloudy.
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| Found this no rain is really putting a hurt on em
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| Blonde Morels - Burr oaks area
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| large morel - low hollow , usual spot along the creek bank by the briar bush. Humid , light rain recently.
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| V. bohemica found 4/11 |
| Columbiana County
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| After a dry spell then thunderstorm with lots of rain in an open grove of trees with trillium, near a burn pile on private property with the owners permission.
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| First Morel of the season -- 4th time out scouting this year and finally found a single morel. Maybe slightly early than years past. Went to my 5 year spot with sycamore and ash and found it within 5 mins and looked another 30 with no luck. Last time i check was 4/2 and no rain since then. Some rain and another week should be prime. Which lines up with my previous years. Could write a yearly calendar with my morel spot.
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| Cape Girardeau County - 175 total. Riparian area next to slippery elms  S |
| finally - finally warmed up enough
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| River bottoms south facing slopes
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| 1st one - Mostly tulip poplars and pine trees in my small annual patch.
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| Early this year. Been watching the maps and thought maybe I should get out there. Very small. Just one. My woods is a mess with fallen trees!
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| Found more False Morels than good ones so far, but still potential. |
| some blacks - Didn't find any before the freeze. Found a few fresh blacks 4/12 along with some dried ones.
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| April 2 2026
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| Whites and a shed
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| at least a week or more early this year. Very tiny, inch tall maybe but found 4 of them.
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| Back in blacks - Cool with plenty of rain. Poplar on south east facing hill. 1 hour , 60+ keepers 4-12-26 . Good luck everyone.
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| Slowly getting going around here.
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| Blacks |
| Fayette county - Found 200 yellows and greys
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| There here! All under one poplar tree. Found 4 lbs
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| Found 53 yellows today, and some more that we didn’t keep. 75 degrees and sunny. Many were dry but not rotten. Need some rain and we will se a great pop!  S |
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| Rockvalle Mt along Clarksfork - Much smaller than normal. Also, about 3 to 4 weeks early.
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| Lots of rain |
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Additional Map Links
If you would like to submit a current season sighting, the guidelines are pretty simple…Zip, City, State and date found. If you want to add any additional information such as county, weather conditions, or an image that is fine. Sightings will be posted daily during prime morel season.Use the submit form below or you can email at
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