As spring begins, people throughout Michigan are pitching tents and setting up trailers in wooded area. But once they sense that they are being watched, they duck and hide. They're morel hunters, searching for the tasty mushrooms in any place they can find them.
People travel from all over to find the widely eaten mushroom.
They want them either for personal consumption or for selling. Morels can most commonly be found from mid Michigan to the Upper Peninsula. But they can be found just about anywhere that's moist and under trees where they get their nutrients. You just have to be aware of trees that are dying because that's were the morels commonly grow. But many different types of morels exist, some that are tasty and others that can make you sick.