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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 | Yellow - Rained hard for days, temp dropped.
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| Yellows, dried out, very cool today but week before was very warm and rainy. In a burned area.
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| April 22, During a warm spell under an ancient apple tree in my sons yard. There were four.
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| Gray’s are up! Sunny, 68 degrees. Northeast facing slope, above a creek. Found 91 underneath one dead Elm tree! Had heavy rains a week ago.  S |
| 3 lbs near big creek lake - 4 25 26 rain the night before. 70 degrees. .Ground very moist and all around 1 dead cotton wood tree.
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| Small patch of 5-6 morels. A few baby ones (1”) popped up a couple days before the bigger ones!  S |
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| Morel sighted - The last one in the forest  C |
| Found some near Manchester  ClcKVVNuYXBjaGF0LzEzLjg5LjAuNDcgKG1vdG9yb2xhIGVkZ2UgMjAyNTsgQW5kcm9pZCAxNiNiM2ZkNC01NDMwMmEjMzY7IGd6aXApIFYvTVVTSFJPT00= |
| First morels of the year - South facing slopes after a stretch of warm rainy weather.
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| They're here! First time out this season. Finding fresh and dried.  o |
| Yellow Morel - Spring, 2 days after heavy rain
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| Sparse sighting
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| Small Grey's on south facing hill need more rain
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| Still growing strong
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| April 24 2026. 25 Grey's under very old lilacs. |
| After a few days of heavy rain
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| Just a few. Hopefully will get rain this weekend.
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| Black morels
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| Just after the rain on April 24th
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| No trees just a hillside field under the briars, lots of thorns
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| First morels found - Friday April 24th, foggy weather, 70s yesterday, 63 today, found randomly by two dead trees (not elm)
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| 2 3/4 lbs
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| After a cold snap, so excited to find my first of the season
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| The temp today is 66° with slight wind. Had a thunderstorm last night which made today's pickings GREAT!!! |
| hard rain with a cool overcast following day, sunny and cool this morning, humidity up, heavy dew, late April
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| Found a dozen - 70 degrees overcast, been rainy.
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| 5 yellows, 3 fresh greys. All about 3" plus. |
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| Nice day
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| Young half free morels - 6 half free morels spotted on a 52 degree day after a cold snap
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| Finger sized grays and a couple yellows near poplar trees.
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| Morchella Punctipes
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| Walnut morels - Flush of yellows around walnuts.
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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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