Time Frame

• Mid- to late-spring is the best time to hunt morels in Iowa. Morels typically spring up after a heavy rainstorm.
  
  

Geography

• Iowa's morels grow in wooded areas, such as forests or park preserves. According to The Great Morel, morels often cluster around dead and dying elm trees.
  
  

Warning

• Although morels are safe and edible, poisonous impostors known as "false morels" also grow in Iowa. These false morels look similar to morels, except they tend to have flatter caps that look similar to a brain, and, unlike true morels, they are not hollow. Eating a false morel can result in serious illness or death.