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The Great Morel™  is excited to announce that the 2025 Morel Mushroom season is just around the corner! Everyone right now is simply enjoying the cold winter months with the hope of morels in the coming months. For morel hunters everywhere, spring is that joyous time of the year when we can rejoice in the annual ritual of the hunt for the ever-elusive great morel. May everyone be blessed with a wonderful off-season!

it is about the annual ritual of the hunt for the ever-elusive great morel

In 2024, The Great Morel celebrated its 25 years on the Internet. It is hard to believe back in 1999, the very first morel mushroom hunting website dedicated to hunting morels would reach this milestone. The Great Morel is still excited to share this monumental achievement with everyone. A gigantic thank you to everyone who have contributed over the years to make The Great Morel the most popular place for all things Morel! It is with hope the 2025 morel season blesses all of us with a bountiful year.

The Great Morel™ was created by enthusiastic and passionate morel mushroom hunters for enthusiastic and passionate morel mushroom hunters. Visitors in search of resourceful information won’t have to look hard to find it. As for those who are wondering “what the heck is this shroom’n crap all about?” you will certainly have a better understanding after poking around a little bit. 

For 26 years, The Great Morel has been known as the most resourceful collection of information on morel mushrooms and morel hunting on the Internet, The Great Morel™ is all about morels. You will find one of the most extensive listing of morel links, where you can find everything related to the great morel.  Add to that a bit of good humor, some great stories, and some of the most beautiful images –  let’s just say you’ve got a great place to enjoy a morel moment.

Thanks to the contributions of many, Patch of yellows morelsThe Great Morel™ has compiled one of the  largest morel recipe collection,  which is sure to delight the taste buds of all. For those shoomers who are seeking ways to preserve their morels, hit the morel preserving page  to learn how others are doing it. Check out the stories and tales page for interesting stories submitted by loyal followers of The Great Morel™.
If you are in search of answers to the mysteries of the great morel, visit the frequently asked questions page or the popular Facebook Group – The Great Morel Information Exchange Facebook Group where you can share your insights with other morel mushroom hunting enthusiasts. 

The Great Morel™ was created by enthusiastic and passionate morel mushroom hunters for enthusiastic and passionate morel mushroom hunters.

 

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Proud Sponsor of the 2025 Season – abramsstudios.com

The Great Morel’s Blog Posts and Articles have some very interesting information and articles on all things morel. Covering topics from hunting tips, to in-depth research articles on morels – there are some very interesting posts. So make sure you take your time and read some of the posts. Start wandering around to see what you can find. Enjoy your stay!



The Mini-Image gallery below highlights recent images sent to the Sightings Map during the 2024 Season. 

For a complete showing of all the morels in their natural setting sent in during the 2025 season, check out the 2025 Sightings Gallery. Also check out the Sightings Maps and all of the other great photo galleries 


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