Burn morels are black morels that grow in areas burned by wildfires (or controlled burns). Typically it is within one or two years after the burn when they achieve maximum abundance.
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Everyone has witnessed in person, or seen news coverage of, huge planes swooping across the landscape and dropping red clouds across swaths of a forest in the path of a forest fire. What is this [...]
There is plenty of opportunity for the burn morel hunter this year! California, Oregon and Montana are the three most happening states. Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona [...]
Releasing the burn morel maps every season is a highlight of our year! We love to share burn morel hunting tips, and trade ideas with our tribe. As we send the maps out into the world this [...]
Catch the Mania Hunting burn morels in the West is an incredibly rewarding hobby. If you are from the East, South or Midwest you may even be thinking, what the heck are “burn morels”? [...]
As March comes to a close, many early season burn morel hunters are frustrated. This is especially true in Oregon where low elevation burn areas are just starting to go off and the public is not [...]
One of the fires I am most excited about in Colorado is the Mullen Fire, which is actually mostly in Wyoming. This fire is 297 square miles and offers promising habitat. Modern Forager’s [...]
Morel Mania Begins We are excited to officially release our 2021 burn morel maps! These maps detail forest fires from the huge 2020 fire season that are promising for burn morels. The West had a [...]
The Hunt Must Go On We’ve been dreaming and scheming about chasing burn morels across Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado all year. With COVID-19 and dry weather across the four states, [...]
A Good Season Western Colorado has been kind to local morel hunters thus far in 2019. It started this Winter with an above-average snow pack. In spring, lower elevations received regular rains [...]