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The article focuses on the back-breaking search for morels in Tok, Alaska by professional mushroom pickers and buyers from all over the U.S. each summer. It says that the mushrooms are revered in Europe and emerge from scorched ground a year after a wildfire amid the burned remains of the forest. It describes the perils and hardship of harvesting morels and the excitement that comes when one can have a taste of morel and earn as much as 500 U.S. dollars a day.

Reports on the emergence of wild morels or mushrooms in Alaska after wildfires. Estimated amount earned by mushroom harvesters in the area; Number of acres consumed by wildfires in the summer of 2004; Price of dried morels per pound in the open market.

Anticipates an abundant crop of morels, a type of wild mushroom, in Alaska in 2004. Background information about its growth; Physical description; Tips on how to pick morels.