Pacific Northwest 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. The charts below aggregate iNaturalist observations from 55 cities and towns across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia, Alberta, Alaska, and the Yukon. Pick your city for a local calendar.
The Shape of the PNW Season
All species and all 55 towns combined — the spring bump is morel season; the fall wave is everything else.
What Fruits When, Region-Wide
JFMAMJJASONDMorelSpring KingKing BoleteMatsutakeChanterelleHedgehogOysterLobsterBear's HeadBlewitThe PrinceShaggy Mane
Shading shows when each species typically fruits within about 10 miles, not abundance. Based on iNaturalist observation trends.
City Calendars
Washington
- 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
Idaho
British Columbia
Alberta
Alaska
Yukon
Species Calendars
- When do Morels fruit?
- When do Spring Kings 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 Bear's Heads fruit?
- When do Blewits fruit?
- When do The Princes fruit?
- When do Shaggy Manes 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.