Hunting for morels is actually pretty easy—literally a stroll in the springtime woods. It’s finding the little mushrooms that’s the real challenge.

Stalking Morels, Flavor Magazine, April / May 2009

When Amy Goins offered to take me hunting for morels, the caveat was that I’d need to travel blindfolded in the trunk of the car. She told me she was kidding—sort of. The truth is that avid morel hunters are fiercely protective of their favorite spots and aren’t likely to reveal their secrets to anyone. “The very question will make a morel hunter as elusive as the mushroom itself,” warns Goins.

Combine tight-lipped morel seekers with the shyness of their quarry, and finding morels might seem like an impossible task. But trust in patience and luck, and you’ll find them. Eventually. “It took me three years to find my first morel,” says Goins. “And I looked everywhere.”

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