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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 | Shenks Ferry, - Beautiful brisk day after the rain last night. Found about a dozen medium size Morels & a nice log of Golden Oyster mushrooms today. Made Cream of Morel!!!
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| 40 found today. One of my best days ever number wise,found 40.Had a stretch of warm and not a lot of rain, but we got rain the other day and the temps cooled back down.The morels reflected that. some where perfect and others were a little too, ripe.A few were a little dried out, but still good. I have a frost coming so I wanted to pick today. 18 of them I found around a single dying elm. Covered 10 miles today.
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| Found in New Glarus woods. Letting grow. Handle with care!
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| Morels in Mankato - Mankato, Minnesota, Blue Earth County.
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| Baby Morel Sighting - found a random flush of baby morels in my backyard tonight! 4/20/2026
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| Morels in neighbor’s yard - Morels found in neighbors yard around the old sheds foundation where a fence was recently relocated.
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| Near Congervillle, Illinois. |
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| Looks like they're only just starting to pop up over here.
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| 4/17/26 Has been very wet and warm (twice the regular rainfall, and temperatures between 15 and 25 degrees above normal). |
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| Found on south facing hill; most very small still.
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| First time !popping up around exposed roots at a huge dead elm stump 4-16-26 |
| Fair amount of Morels |
| Monday morning morel - In the ditch behind my house. Pretty fresh.
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| Found 5 just before dark
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| Sunny areas, Grays and Yellows |
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| Scouted a very large orchard (Private property) over 10 times for these 12. Basically all found within 1 lane. Definitely a low spot, but level ground. Lots of sticks and dry leaves around. Trees were about mid maturity. Haven't found any morels under the old big trees or the younger saplings. Couple solid blondies here but found even more dried ones that weren't edible. Rough year so far.
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| I found a few grays in Crystal Lake Illinois on 4/19/26,hope it’s just the start of it! |
| North KC April 18 55 Degrees a.m. April 18 , 55 Degrees Saturday am. Woods near creek on the sunny side of hill North KC. Mushroom was a Newborn and very moist
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| april 19th 2026, moselem springs church area , crystal cave
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| Fruitful very early first haul. Burnt white fir stand. 3,400' about three weeks early.
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| Got to be a record - It was cold for the picking but they still were up! Got to be the biggest ice ever seen and they're were SO MANY!
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| South side Base of a healthy Elm.
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| Along path behind Urbandale library
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| Found blacks, half free and yellows along trail that sees a lot of sun
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| 24 more and a good day in the woods!
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| Just out in the yard.
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| Nice Haul -- Get out looking and have fun
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| Found in-town and at state park past week.
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| Morels in my yard?!?! Weather was very rainy the last week, and suddenly I have morels in my actual yard!
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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
Click for Additional Information and Resources
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- The Edible Good Morels – Varieties
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Get your Gear
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- Weather and Soil Links
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