Few things get foragers excited like morel mushroom season. Few mushrooms get culinary mycophiles more giddy, and for good reason. Morels are delicious. Because this nearly-impossible-to-grow mushroom ...

Morel mushrooms are a mystery, a miracle, and a gift of the spring woods. This popular and easily-recognizable fungi remains something of a mystery to researchers and foragers alike. Where and why ...

It’s early on a Saturday morning, and chef Chris D’Ambro, his wife Marina de Oliveira, their friends Amelia Runyan and Karl Recktenwald, and I are in Ridley Creek Park hunting for one of spring’s most ...

| Morels can be hard to spot, and one of the most common mistakes among foragers is walking right past them. Flickr/George P. Macklin | For a lot of outdoorsmen, especially this time of year, ...

Spring has sprung in Missouri: Wildflowers are blooming, butterflies are emerging and migratory birds are making their return. But perhaps one of the most notable indicators of spring is the ...

One mycological expert suggests that once dogwood flowers are fully open and white, it’s prime morel growth season in the Midwest. Photo from Alla Kemelmakher via Unsplash It’s that time of year when ...

Morel mushrooms have started popping up in parts of Indiana and the tasty morsels will spread across the state as warmer weather arrives. The Great Morel tracking map has its first pin in Indiana — a ...

In the mushroom world, few varieties are as coveted as morels. Identifiable by their slender cap covered in honeycomb-esque ridges, morels (Morchella) are a prized find among foragers and mushroom ...

Correction: A previous edition of this story erroneously stated the type of trees that the Dutch elm disease is impacting in North America. This disease is impacting American elm trees. Spring has ...