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 ...

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 ...

True morels are hollow with pitted caps, unlike false morels which are solid or ridged. Approximately 50 of Michigan's 2,500 mushroom species are toxic to humans. The hunt for much-loved morel ...

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 ...

One of the best parts of growing your own food is the range of interesting options available; if conditions are right, you can raise types of fruits and veggies that you might not find in your local ...

May is the month to find morel mushrooms in Michigan. But you can still find them from late April until mid-June, depending on the location and species. These famous mushrooms are not just found in ...

There's some old saying about spring showers bringing flowers, and flowers are fine. But what I'm looking for, pushing up through the dark loam and leaf litter in our woods, is pale and fleshy, ...

J.T. Gelineau, Mushrooms Naturally founder and chef, holds a bag of mushroom growing material at his mushroom farm in O’Fallon, Mo. Unlike other specialty mushrooms, morels aren't typically farmed at ...

, morels grow wild during the best time of the year. The only way to get them—if you don’t want to pay a lot of money—is to find them and pick them yourself. But, the morel’s hollow stem and pitted ...

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 ...