Michigan Morel Map 2008
You don't really think I'm going to tell you where to pick morels, do you? Even my mom won't tell me where she gets hers.
What I can share is some set of things that people are tracking for timing for when morels appear, and forums where this stuff is being discussed by experts.
There is a terrific list of morel mushroom information carefully collected by The Great Morel; lots to read, if you want to know more.
The Michigan Sportsman Forums report on the Morel Progression Sightings Map for the year, which gives you big dots showing approximate locations. This is a current April 25, 2008 selection.
Absolute Michigan's story on the 2007 Boyne City Mushroom Festival includes plenty of details.
The Grayling, MI visitors bureau guide to the morels of Crawford County Michigan gives away details, but being coy, recommends that you bring your own log book and note where you found yours.
UPDATE: Mike Gould of Ann Arbor has a story originally in the Ann Arbor Observer about Roonquest: the mushrooms that bloom in the spring about morel hunting near Charlevoix.
UPDATE: More morel information by video at Youtube - see e.g. VideoMorelHunting collection of accounts and movies.
UPDATE: Morel mushroom hunting in the Upper Peninsula w/report of nothing yet as of 4/25 in Menominee County. thanks @frnash for the link
UPDATE: Superior Sights on Morel Mushroom Picking in the Upper Peninsula says their favorite spot is northwest of Newberry, MI, in Luce County, and says that the best times in the UP for morels tend to be end of May to early June.
UPDATE: The music of the Mushroomer's Waltz (MP3) comes from the National Morel Mushroom Festival in Boyne City, MI, May 15-18 2008.
We found some! Sat. April 26.... We were just north of Barryton. We only got 9 and they were about 1 1/2 inch tall. We are going back out today!
Posted by: morelmama | April 27, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Now, THIS is exactly why I {heart} the web so. Too bad I don't live in MI!!
Posted by: Veronique | April 28, 2008 at 02:10 PM
Now, THIS is exactly why I {heart} the web so. Too bad I don't live in MI!!
Posted by: Veronique | April 28, 2008 at 02:11 PM
I wouldn't quite call their map neogeo. Rather old school. However, definitely induces interesting question of collaborative, fuzzy mapping. I want to share a broad area.
I know someone that did fuzzy mapping while interviewing locals about tribal land definition and urban neighborhood definitions are another popular example.
However, the application to such a yummy necessity is an underserved community :)
Posted by: Andrew Turner | April 28, 2008 at 02:16 PM