Forager Forecast

Morels: forecast and season

Morchella spp. · California, Oregon, and Washington · updated Saturday, October 24

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Morels in the field
Morels. Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY, iNaturalist

Best counties this week

No county reaches the map's shading for morels this week.

When they fruit

California

Most often from April to June; most finds 1,720 to 6,920 ft.

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Oregon

Most often from April to June; most finds 80 to 5,490 ft.

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Washington

Most often from April to June; most finds 290 to 4,170 ft.

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Spring timing slides about 2 days for every week the first 46 °F soil day after Feb 1 comes late or early.

Safety

Look-alikes: false morels and early morels, on Forage Calendar.

Never eat a wild mushroom you haven't identified with certainty.

About the data

Learned from 1,350 iNaturalist finds; on held-back finds the shading covered 82% of them, against 12% of other fungi (how it works).

Season questions

When is morel season in California?

Most often from April to June.

When is morel season in Oregon?

Most often from April to June.

When is morel season in Washington?

Most often from April to June.