Western Mushroom Calendar
Mushroom season in the Pacific Northwest runs in two great waves: a spring pulse — morels and spring kings chasing snowmelt from April into June — and a bigger fall flood, when the first soaking rains of September bring chanterelles, king boletes, and matsutake through November. Northern California runs on a different clock: one long wet-season window that opens with the first storms in late fall and peaks in December and January. In the Rockies and the Southwest the main season comes in mid to late summer instead, when July and August monsoon storms soak the high country. The charts below aggregate iNaturalist observations from 92 cities and towns across Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, British Columbia, Alberta, Alaska, and Yukon. Pick your city — or your region — for a local calendar.
The Shape of the Western Season
All species and all 92 towns combined — the spring bump is morel season; the fall wave is everything else.
What Fruits When, Region-Wide
JFMAMJJASONDMorelKing BoleteMatsutakeChanterelleHedgehogOysterLobsterLion's Mane / Bear's HeadBlewitThe PrinceShaggy ManeBlack TrumpetCandy CapChicken of the WoodsYellowfoot
Shading shows when each species typically fruits within about 10 miles, not abundance. Based on iNaturalist observation trends.
City Calendars
Washington
- Ashford
- Bellevue
- Bellingham
- Cle Elum
- Darrington
- Easton
- Everett
- Greenwater
- Index
- Ione
- Kalaloch
- Leavenworth
- Long Beach
- Mazama
- Nile
- North Bend
- Olympia
- Port Angeles
- Randle
- Republic
- Seattle
- Spokane
- Tacoma
- Trout Lake
Oregon
- Bend
- Brookings
- Cascade Locks
- Corvallis
- Detroit
- Eugene
- Klamath Falls
- La Grande
- Lincoln City
- Medford
- Newport
- Portland
- Salem
- Seaside
- Tillamook
Northern California
- Arcata
- Crescent City
- Fort Bragg
- Guerneville
- Half Moon Bay
- Mill Valley
- Monterey
- Mount Shasta
- Nevada City
- Oakland
- Point Reyes Station
- San Francisco
- Santa Cruz
- Santa Rosa
- Truckee
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
British Columbia
Alberta
Alaska
Yukon
Species Calendars
- When do Morels fruit?
- When do King Boletes fruit?
- When do Matsutakes fruit?
- When do Chanterelles fruit?
- When do Hedgehogs fruit?
- When do Oysters fruit?
- When do Lobsters fruit?
- When do Lion's Mane / Bear's Heads fruit?
- When do Blewits fruit?
- When do The Princes fruit?
- When do Shaggy Manes fruit?
- When do Black Trumpets fruit?
- When do Candy Caps fruit?
- When do Chicken of the Woodss fruit?
- When do Yellowfoots fruit?
Go Beyond Typical Timing
These calendars show climatology — what usually happens. A free Salish Mushrooms account adds live environmental layers to the Forayz map: soil moisture, soil temperature, snow cover, and recent precipitation, updated daily.
For live conditions on an interactive map — including recent burns, public land boundaries, and forest types — explore the Forayz map.