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 on when one might begin their foraging adventure.
If you would like to submit a sighting, the guidelines are pretty simple fill in the form with 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
2024 Morel Sightings Map
The 2024 Morel season is on! The first official Southeast report came in from Georgia in late February and the reports have been strong. The spring migration of the morel has been early, early, early – a common phrase from morel hunters reporting to the map. That being said, the morel season is upon us!
Click here for the 2024 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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 | 2nd year post burn, peeling cottonwoods by the river.
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| Urban Morels - Found these in our backyard(!!!) in West Washington Park neighborhood, Denver Colorado, on April 24, 2024. More pins already forming in the same area.
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| Allamakee County
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| White morel sighting - The large morel on the right was found on well drained soil in a level, sunny area. Soil was heavily graveled beside a rail trail. This morel appeared to be associated with a living balsam fir tree.
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| Morel sighting Apr 21,2024 - Cool spring, trees budding, lots of leaves on ground, ground coverage emerging.
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| 1 morel found - Found alone beside a very old and large tree 🙂 |
| Sunny, found under a huge Dead Elm that produces every years SE facing downhill.
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| Found in my yard by an old crabapple tree.
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| Upper Freehold NJ First Morel - Elm woods ,sloped sunny spot , lots of dead elm on the ground, looks like turkeys or deer beat me to the spot. 
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| Ashland County sighting - Sunny, 53° along a paved trail
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| Mountain R an D - Along the side of Caves highway in Town. |
| Baby whites - Full sun south facing slope just starting to pop up. |
| First Morel - Upper Freehold New Jersey ,gradual sloped Elm woods sunny , lots if old dead trees.
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| Found near Jackson and Ironwood. 52 Deg, Sunny
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| SE MN – south facing hills - Despite not having ideal night temps and a ton of moisture (we had frost twice in the past several days), my kids and I found 41 "medium" sized morels two evening ago. We scouted additional south facing slopes and located a lot of tiny grays popping up in leafy soil, near standing dead elm (have most of bark on still). Where ever there is grass sprouting up on the forest floor near dead elms is where we are seeing them start. Good luck!
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| Fish Creek Morel - Cooler days after some rain.
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| Giant morel
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| My Name is Treetop - Getting bigger along KS river and moving more inward as we get closer to May.
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| Found - April 25th, 2024
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| Kinda dry and chilly but yet there still poppin up.
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| Dappled NE facing slope April 20 elevation 3300.
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| Late season, near elms and poplars. |
| Doing a little bit of mowing on a property and I found 3 only took a picture of the first one.
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| Iowa City Mushroom Sighting - Found in moist soil with lots of leaf litter. Low 50s past couple of nights and mid 60s. Smaller. |
| I found some morels in our yard today, near an apple tree, April 24, 2024. I'm attaching some pics.
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| Coming up in Bucks
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| On trail still small just starting. |
| 1 only lonely
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| Day 2 in SJ - Under the elm near rubble piles
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| April 21, 2024 Buckeye Lake OH - Licking county. High 50F low 35F
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| Morel on walkway - Growing between brick walkway and stone border feet from the house!
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| Elkhart County - Couple greys, mostly yellows. A day or two past their prime but still delicious! Found at outer edge of elm forest.
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| East Millsboro, PA - Morchella americana - American Elm
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| Northern Panhandle WV - Cool and around elm trees.
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| Morel sighting - Sunny 65 degrees.
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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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