The morel mushroom is the fungus’ spore-producing structure.

Morel mushrooms grow in tight places, requiring pickers to be on hands and knees.

A bloodroot spring ephemeral has red latex in roots, rhizomes and stems.

Garden asparagus and wild asparagus are now emerging.

A sandhill crane chooses a tiny island for its nest in Iowa County, Wisconsin. It needed to build it up because of high water in the pond.

Sometimes morel-mushroom photographs give clues. The mushrooms are lying on a strip of dead elm bark, highlighted by wild-apple blossoms.

Carsyn Thiede enjoys her last youth turkey hunt.

Carsyn Thiede, left, and Kensie Keifsnider are welcomed with open arms by the patrons at Burnett Junction.

Kylar Lindgren’s first turkey weighs 29 pounds.