Mushroom calendar

When morels grow: month by month

When they are found

When they are born the morels.

The season varies from one part of the world to another: here are all the regions compared, each with its own months.

Morels

The shape of the season in the United States and Canada, which is the region with the most observations (11,092).

January: 0.6% of observationsGFebruary: 1.3% of observationsFMarch: 8.9% of observationsMApril: 45% of observations45%AMay: 37% of observationsMJune: 4.0% of observationsGJuly: 0.8% of observationsLAugust: 0.3% of observationsASeptember: 0.1% of observationsSOctober: 0.4% of observationsONovember: 0.6% of observationsNDecember: 1.0% of observationsD
Month-by-month observation rate. April stands out, as the month with the most documented finds.

Region by region

RegionThey are foundMaximumObservations
United States and Canada From April to May April 11,092
Central Europe From April to May April 3,522
Scandinavia From April to May May 2,558
France From April to May April 424
Spain From April to May April 410
United Kingdom and Ireland From April to May April 406
Italy From April to May April 218
Northern Italy From April to May April 190

The grey lines have few public comments: the month indicated is indicative, and there is no dedicated page.

Because every year is different

  • The season opens with rain: after a heavy rain, with the soil still warm, it takes one or two weeks.
  • In mountain It begins earlier and ends earlier than on the plain, and the same is true for the northern slopes.
  • A'dry summer It pushes it forward, sometimes by weeks. A mild autumn lengthens it.

The calendar says the months. Which day, in your forest, this year, the rain that fell there tells you: MushScout follows it day by day and tells you when it's time.

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Data: GBIF.org — GBIF.org, observations with coordinates 2011-2025, counts by month (facet). The observations say when people have documented a find, not how many mushrooms there were.

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