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.
If you would like to submit a sighting, the guidelines are pretty, use the form below and add 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
2026 Morel Sightings Map
The 2026 Morel season is on! Reports were slow early on, however, they have been picking up in the early part of April. Some morel hunters are reporting a bit earlier than usual, while some folks are begging for rain. Soon the morels will make their way to a woods near you. As always, Mother Nature is always in control and we can only hope she is kind to our morels. As the season progresses and it is your time – head to the woods – for the rebirth of the morels!
Click here for the 2026 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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 | Greys on the moss - courtesy of Jim the second most famous morel hunter in Ohio. Not sure who is the most famous is.
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| Covered about 2 miles to find - in plain sight
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| Another 33 today. Finding one here and there not big patches of them.
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| Whites - Found 4/16/26 A couple days old
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| Oswego co. Ny
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| Poweshiek County - Grinnell Iowa
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| Second look in the woods... Second day looking. A handful more singles with the first blonde find (or however you want to describe them).
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| Small yellows - Looks like they're just starting. Been 80 ish for about a week.
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| 2026 was a great, early season! I found quite a lot this year, and earlier than expected. I’m sure this is the last good weekend (April 18) here before the yellows are too big to eat. Half of my haul was from the weekend of April 4th (baking sheet picture) and the other half was the weekend of April 11th. Happy hunting!
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| Black morel - Only one so far. Has been dry, but rained overnight the last few days
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| Morel - small grey - After rain and storms for 3 days |
| Greys - Warm the last week and lots of rain. Found 6 in a reliable spot. Early!
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| Very warm and rainy this week
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| Mid April sighting - Early sights. Moist warm spring is pushing the morels
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| Six small blacks found on the mountain. |
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| Young whites and half frees - 68 degrees w lots of rain lately.
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| Grey's |
| First I’ve ever found - Big storm overnight found right next to porch the next morning. First I’ve seen around here, thought it was a weird walnut
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| After rainfall, in grass at edge of a thicket, one small patch of yellow and one small patch of grey |
| In the woods of the tnt area. Early morning, wet, overcast, mid 60s. Found in the TNT area. |
| 4 baby morels popping up—left ‘em to grow Picked 3 nice greys . Let the hunt begin! |
| Very small in corpse of black cherry
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| Finally some rain! We found early ones 4/4/26. But it got cold and dry. Finally found these today after a heavy brief rain yesterday.
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| Soil temp around 60 and good rain last week. Finally up and it looks like it should hold for a few more days.
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| Picked 12 Morels |
| Lots of rain and snow melt the last week and a half. Soil temp 55. South facing slope. Aspen Grove
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| 74 morels - Founds 74 morels alone a creek bed. Still early in the season, some small and dried out a bit but many fresh ones. Happy hunting and good eatens!
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| Morel hunting dog - Finally starting to appear.
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| Neighbors daughter found these - -Neighbors daughter Aubrey found at my old home place.
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| We'd had few warm days in a row and warm nights. Lots of rain
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| Lots of rain and warm weather |
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| 22 more! |
| Found 3 morels at a rest area off 35 in the Lathrop area- I am passing thru so not sure how temps and weather have been but it was warm today and the ground was moist.
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| First morel sighting in Jackson County, Michigan! After thunderstorms storms and lots of rain
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| Started popping up the day after heavy rain!
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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
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