Morel Mushroom Festival - Boyne City, Michigan
The festival is always the weekend after Mothers Day
Each May, Boyne City MI fills with hundreds of mushroom
lovers from around the country who come seeking that
elusive delicacy-the marvelous morel. Found in nearby
woods and clearings, morels are favored by those who
know their 'shrooms.
Boyne City hosts the National Morel Mushroom Festival
and the Boyne Valley Lion's National Morel Mushroom Hunt
each year, and for a few short days, everything is all
about mushrooms. Restaurants prepare exotic, morel-laden
entrees, local songsters sing of the morel (click on the
player to the left to listen), secret hunting places
(maybe) and recipes (definitely) are shared, and
everybody goes on the mushroom hunt. A good year can
yield thousands of the mouth-watering treats. But, even
when a dry spell or late spring makes morels scarce,
morels can be tasted at the 'Taste of Morels' and the
festival is always fun for everyone.
