1,403 species pages
Mushroom Foraging
Edibility, look-alikes, habitat clues, and fruiting windows built around real outings instead of generic browse pages.
North America field guide
The field guide for mushrooms, fossils, relics, and better scouting.
Search 14,389 pages of species notes, location briefs, law checks, seasonal timing, and gear reviews built for people who actually go outside with a purpose.
Inside the library
3,115
species and finds
mushrooms, fossils, relics
2,088
seasonal planning pages
monthly and season-by-region
50
state guide pages
permit and law checks
1,800 monthly guides
Plan by month
Trip timing across states and disciplines, useful when conditions matter more than taxonomy.
50 state briefs
Check the laws first
State-by-state access, permits, and collecting restrictions before the boots leave the truck.
14,389 searchable pages
Search the archive
One index for species pages, trails, Q&A, gear, and location scouting notes.
April field radar
Open the strongest month-specific lane for each core pursuit before you browse the full archive.
These cards tie the current monthly guide layer to the main directories so the site can be entered by seasonal timing instead of only by taxonomy.
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696 specimen pages
Fossil Hunting
Era-aware specimen pages with field ID clues, fossil-bed routes, and collecting context tied to actual states and formations.
1,016 find pages
Metal Detecting
Signal patterns, value ranges, cleaning notes, and local ground-planning for coins, relics, jewelry, and artifact recovery.
Planning command center
Start with timing, then jump straight to the state and metro layers that can actually support the trip.
This turns the archive into a working planner: pick the month, clear the state-level rules, then narrow into a local hub before you open individual species or find pages.
Species and finds
3,115
mushroom, fossil, and metal-detecting entries
Questions answered
2,000
short-form answers built for search behavior
Location intelligence
1,555
locations, trails, and metro hubs
Decision tools
200
identification keys for narrowing the match
Best state layers now
High-coverage states with laws, trails, and local hubs already in place.
Local first
Metro hubs that get you from broad research into nearby options.
Primary pursuit lanes
Three core directories now lead with direct paths into timing, local scouting, and decision support.
The primary categories carry the actual research system with them, so users can move from the big archive into the next correct planning layer without backtracking.
1,403 species pages
Mushroom Foraging
Edibility, look-alikes, habitat clues, and fruiting windows built around real outings instead of generic browse pages.
696 specimen pages
Fossil Hunting
Era-aware specimen pages with field ID clues, fossil-bed routes, and collecting context tied to actual states and formations.
1,016 find pages
Metal Detecting
Signal patterns, value ranges, cleaning notes, and local ground-planning for coins, relics, jewelry, and artifact recovery.
50 pages
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State Guides
Permits, collecting rules, and best-use planning context for all 50 states.
Explore field notes
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200 pages
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Gear Reviews
Detector, tool, and field kit reviews written for real use instead of generic shopping copy.
Explore field notes
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130 pages
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Renaissance Festivals
Festival dates, cities, vendors, and event traits for the growing ren-faire directory.
Explore field notes
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Field atlas
The directory now exposes the state layer, the metro layer, and the research route in one place.
TroveRadar is no longer just category browsing. These routes open the actual planning system behind the archive so users can move from broad research into the exact page they need faster.
14,389 pages
Search everything
One index across species pages, law checks, trails, gear, and field questions.
50 states
Plan by state
Use state guides to clear permits, agency rules, and collecting restrictions first.
2,088 seasonal pages
Work by month
Monthly timing layers when weather, season, and category windows matter most.
59 metro hubs
Scout by metro
City-based starting points for mushrooms, fossils, and metal detecting.
State starting points
High-coverage states with strong metro and timing depth.
8 metro hubs • 36 monthly guides
California
20 trail pages and 10 location pages. Metro examples: Anaheim, Fresno, Long Beach.
5 metro hubs • 36 monthly guides
Texas
20 trail pages and 10 location pages. Metro examples: Arlington, Austin, Dallas.
1 metro hubs • 36 monthly guides
Washington
20 trail pages and 10 location pages. Metro examples: Seattle.
2 metro hubs • 36 monthly guides
Colorado
20 trail pages and 10 location pages. Metro examples: Colorado Springs, Denver.
3 metro hubs • 36 monthly guides
Arizona
20 trail pages and 10 location pages. Metro examples: Mesa, Phoenix, Tucson.
3 metro hubs • 36 monthly guides
Florida
20 trail pages and 10 location pages. Metro examples: Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa.
Metro scouting hubs
City-level routes that turn broad research into local plans.
54 local pages • 6 nearby locations
Los Angeles, California
Best windows: January, February, March. Typical local targets: Burn Morel, Pacific Golden Chanterelle, White Chanterelle.
54 local pages • 6 nearby locations
Austin, Texas
Best windows: March, April, October. Typical local targets: Smooth Chanterelle, Phoenix Oyster, Yellow Staining Mushroom.
51 local pages • 6 nearby locations
Seattle, Washington
Best windows: March, April, September. Typical local targets: Burn Morel, Early False Morel, Pacific Golden Chanterelle.
51 local pages • 6 nearby locations
Denver, Colorado
Best windows: May, June, August. Typical local targets: Burn Morel, King Bolete, Spring King Bolete.
54 local pages • 6 nearby locations
Phoenix, Arizona
Best windows: July, August, September. Typical local targets: Burn Morel, Rocky Mountain King Bolete, Western Sulphur Shelf.
51 local pages • 6 nearby locations
Nashville, Tennessee
Best windows: March, April, September. Typical local targets: Yellow Morel, Black Morel, Half-Free Morel.
Plan the outing
Begin with laws, timing, and metro scouting before narrowing to species or finds.
Identify the exact match
Move from broad category browsing into exact pages, look-alikes, and identification keys.
Refine gear and decisions
Use compare pages, gear reviews, and practical how-to guides before the next trip.
Answer the field question
Reach the short-answer layer fast when the query is a single obstacle or decision.
Featured species
High-interest mushroom pages with real image coverage.
These are some of the most useful edible and high-attention species pages in the current directory.
Iowa Yellow Morel
Morchella americana
Yellow Morel (Morchella americana) is a realistic state-level profile for Iowa, where foragers look for it in disturbed elm, ash, cottonwood, and tulip-poplar bottoms tied to elm bottoms, oak woods, and old pasture edges. This page narrows the North American pattern to local terrain and seasonality instead of relying on generic continent-wide copy. often fruits after warm spring rain on rich alluvial ground. It is considered a high-quality edible when positively identified and cooked or handled appropriately. Toxicity planning matters because must be cooked thoroughly because raw morels can cause gastrointestinal upset.
springchoice
Illinois Yellow Morel
Morchella americana
Yellow Morel (Morchella americana) is a realistic state-level profile for Illinois, where foragers look for it in disturbed elm, ash, cottonwood, and tulip-poplar bottoms tied to elm bottoms, oak woods, and old pasture edges. This page narrows the North American pattern to local terrain and seasonality instead of relying on generic continent-wide copy. often fruits after warm spring rain on rich alluvial ground. It is considered a high-quality edible when positively identified and cooked or handled appropriately. Toxicity planning matters because must be cooked thoroughly because raw morels can cause gastrointestinal upset.
springchoice
Indiana Yellow Morel
Morchella americana
Yellow Morel (Morchella americana) is a realistic state-level profile for Indiana, where foragers look for it in disturbed elm, ash, cottonwood, and tulip-poplar bottoms tied to elm bottoms, oak woods, and old pasture edges. This page narrows the North American pattern to local terrain and seasonality instead of relying on generic continent-wide copy. often fruits after warm spring rain on rich alluvial ground. It is considered a high-quality edible when positively identified and cooked or handled appropriately. Toxicity planning matters because must be cooked thoroughly because raw morels can cause gastrointestinal upset.
springchoice
Ohio Yellow Morel
Morchella americana
Yellow Morel (Morchella americana) is a realistic state-level profile for Ohio, where foragers look for it in disturbed elm, ash, cottonwood, and tulip-poplar bottoms tied to elm bottoms, oak woods, and old pasture edges. This page narrows the North American pattern to local terrain and seasonality instead of relying on generic continent-wide copy. often fruits after warm spring rain on rich alluvial ground. It is considered a high-quality edible when positively identified and cooked or handled appropriately. Toxicity planning matters because must be cooked thoroughly because raw morels can cause gastrointestinal upset.
springchoice
Unexpectedly useful
The renaissance festival directory is now part of the field graph.
It rounds out the broader TroveRadar universe with dates, cities, activities, and vendor context for event-driven discovery.
Texas Renaissance Festival
Todd Mission, Texas • October-November
Sherwood Forest Faire
McDade, Texas • February-April
Scarborough Renaissance Festival
Waxahachie, Texas • April-May
Field shortcuts
Questions people ask in the field
Short, quotable answers designed for real search behavior and fast planning.
Field shortcuts
Trail and location scouting
Trails and scouting areas with access context, parking notes, and seasonal fit.
The app companion
The website handles the research. The app handles the field day.
TroveRadar for iPhone and Android is built for offline notes, route planning, species reference, and private find logging once you leave the desktop behind.
Offline-friendly
Keep species notes, trip context, and saved finds available when signal drops.
Route memory
Pin places, log promising zones, and keep private notes tied to field trips.
Species lookup
Pull identification context while you compare habitat, season, and look-alikes.
Cross-device planning
Research on the web, then head out with the same planning context in your pocket.
Questions
What people usually want to know first
What does TroveRadar cover right now?
The current TroveRadar directory spans 14,389 pages across mushroom species, fossil references, metal-detecting finds, trails, locations, state guides, monthly guides, Q&A, and gear reviews.
Is the site useful even if I mostly use the mobile app?
Yes. The web directory is the research layer: broad browsing, search, comparison, law checks, and planning. The mobile experience is better suited to saved notes, offline use, and in-field reference.
How should I use TroveRadar for safety and access rules?
Use it to narrow possibilities and plan responsibly, not as a substitute for expert verification or land-manager approval. Always confirm legality, private-property permission, and species identification before collecting anything.