Forager Forecast

Whitman County mushroom forecast

Washington ยท updated Saturday, October 24

This week: matsutake quiet (15%); king boletes quiet (10%); morels off season (0%).

Weather near Endicott: 0.6 in in the last 30 days, below the normal 1.1. Another 0.8 in is forecast by Nov 6.

By mushroom

Matsutake

15%Quiet

Best at 3,000 to 4,000 ft; last week 16%, next week 14%.

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

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King boletes

10%Quiet

Best at 2,000 to 3,000 ft; last week 14%, next week 7%.

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 2,000 to 3,000 ft; last week 0%, next week 0%.

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

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Parks and forests

Season questions

When is morel season in Whitman County?

Most often from May to June, best at 2,000 to 3,000 ft.

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