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SUMMER SPECIAL • FREE SHIPPING • On Domestic Orders Through September 15, 2010 Here’s your opportunity to do some early Christmas shopping  for mushroom hunters and save $$$ in the process. Through September 15, 2010 there will be no shipping charges on orders shipped within the USA. View the Catalog here. Or, phone your order to us at 800-438-4213 Just Arrived! Two Ounces of Gray Morels at $16.00 (They will re-hydrate to be a full pound) While the 2010 Morel Season was far less than perfect in the Midwest, the Pacific Northwest seems to  be having a bumper crop season. We just received a large amount of Medium/Small Gray Morels from  the state of Washington. We got them at a fairly good price and are passing the savings on to our  customers. We've tasted them ourselves and think they're perfect. An equal amount of our  Yellow/Gray mixture is $30 and the Blacks are $22.00. And, if you order by 09/15/10, shipping is  free! (DG678) Two ounces Gray Morels, $16.00

Welcome to the NEW Morel Mania.

The world's number one supplier
of morel mushroom products.

Morel Mania, Inc. is owned by Vicky and Tom Nauman of Magnolia, Illinois. We have both been avid morel hunters our entire lives. Neither of us can remember our first mushroom hunt but Tom is sure his was while he was still in the womb.

In Autumn of 1992, Vicky had watched the children of some friends for a weekend while the friends attended an out-of-state festival. When the friends returned, they presented Vicky with a hiking stick they had purchased at the festival that had a morel mushroom on top. Vicky thought it was great because she could use it on the first hunt of the season to help remind her what she was looking for. It was beautiful in it's own way, but Tom's comment was that it didn't really look exactly like a morel and it wouldn't fool him in the woods. Vicky's response was, "I suppose you think you could do better?"

The challenge had been made. However, Tom didn't own any tools and his last attempt at wood carving was twenty-four years beforehand in high school shop class. He visited Vicky's dad, Charlie Dalrymple of Henry, Illinois, the next weekend. Charlie was an avid woodworker with a complete wood shop in his basement. Tom's first attempt at carving a morel wouldn't have fooled anyone in the woods either. But he kept at it and his morels soon became realistic enough that people actually wanted to buy them.

Tom and Vicky soon realized that there were many other "Shroomers" and "Roons" that would appreciate morel products and accurate information. Our first catalog only contained a few items, but the response was tremendous.

We also attended many festivals to sell our products and in 1996 we started the Illinois State Morel Mushroom Hunting Championship. We've taken as many as 698 people at one time to go on a competitive morel hunt. After twelve years, the competition was taxing our resources and we just couldn't handle the time and financial requirements anymore. With regrets, we transferred the event to a group in Henry, Illinois in 2008. In 2009, it became the victim of the weak economy and was not held. Plans for 2010 are undetermined at this time. We now host Morel University on the first Saturday of May. Our students learn the techniques of morel hunting from our distinguished faculty.

Tom still carves mushrooms - thousands of them from his workshop in the backyard. People often ask how he does it. The simple answer is to start with a piece of wood and remove anything that doesn't look like a morel! They also ask how long it takes to carve a morel that looks so realistic. The answer is "since 1992 - eighteen years."

The morel mushroom is our passion. It consumes us. It is who we are and what we do. We eat, breathe, sleep, drink, dream, talk, walk, and live morel mushrooms. Morel Mania, Inc. remains a family owned and operated business. We have no employees. If you call us, you will talk to one of the owners of the company. We remain committed to providing only the best morel mushroom products, information, and activities. Thanks for letting us serve you.

Tom & Vicky Nauman

Our Business Is Always Mushrooming!

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