Ottawa hosts Midwest Morel Fest

Morels and Microbrews makes a spore-tacular return to Fulton

Hundreds turned out to Fulton’s Brick District for its 13th annual Morels and Microbrews festival, celebrating the morel mushroom, a rare and tasty wild fungi.

Ottawa hosts Midwest Morel Fest

The Midwest Morel Fest celebrated morels with a hunt, guided hike and a morel market Saturday in Ottawa.

Chicago outdoors: Foraging beyond morels and a big gross at sporting auction – Usa news

Notes come from around Chicago outdoors and beyond. WILD OF THE WEEK Jason Langford messaged that ramps and asparagus were in “full swing” last weekend and sent photos of his son Ace, who turns 4 in June, helping with the foraging. May is the big month for spring foraging and beyond just hunting for morel mushrooms. WOTW, the celebration of wild stories and photos around Chicago outdoors, runs most weeks in the special two-page outdoors section …