Hunters seek morel mushrooms in Michigan's woods

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Hunters seek morel mushrooms in Michigan's woods


LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan is more than Great Lakes and great times. It's also great mushrooms - at least for mavens of the morel.

May is morel season in the state and a tourism draw - the National Morel Mushroom Festival is under way in Boyne City, about 65 miles northeast of Traverse City.

Morel hunting is a family tradition, where do-it-yourself pickers scour woods for the mushroom that can only be found in the wild and has a short growing season.

Morels are a booming business for Ed Baker, owner of Earthy Delights in DeWitt, near Lansing. He tells the Lansing State Journal for a story Friday that morel picking is a labor of love.

Less than ideal spring weather means the festival is relying on a couple hundred pounds of morels from Earthly Delights, which imports from around the country.

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