This week: matsutake quiet (15%); king boletes quiet (13%); morels off season (0%).

Weather near Jordan Valley: 0.2 in in the last 30 days, well below the normal 0.7. Another 0.7 in is forecast by Nov 6.

By mushroom

Matsutake

15%Quiet

Best at 5,000 to 6,000 ft; last week 16%, next week 13%.

No soaking rain in the last 30 days. Look under lodgepole pine, shore pine, and hemlock, in sandy or pumice soil.

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King boletes

13%Quiet

Best at 4,000 to 5,000 ft; last week 18%, next week 9%.

No soaking rain in the last 30 days. Look under Sitka spruce on the coast, and pine and fir inland.

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Morels

0%Off season

Best at 4,000 to 5,000 ft; last week 0%, next week 0%.

Off season here. Morels usually fruit in May. Look in last year's conifer burns, and along streams in mixed conifer.

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Parks and forests

Beaver Dam Creek Wilderness Study AreaBowden Hills Wilderness Study AreaCamp Creek Wilderness Study AreaCedar Mountain Wilderness Study AreaClarks Butte Wilderness Study AreaDry Creek Wilderness Study AreaFifteenmile Creek Wilderness Study AreaLookout Butte Wilderness Study AreaOregon Canyon Wilderness Study AreaOwyhee River Canyon Wilderness Study AreaSheepshead Wilderness Study AreaTwelvemile Creek Wilderness Study AreaUpper West Little Owyhee Wilderness Study AreaWildcat Canyon Wilderness Study Area

Season questions

When is morel season in Malheur County?

Most often in May, best at 4,000 to 5,000 ft.

Nearby counties

Baker CountyGrant CountyHarney County

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