12 Responses to “Tennessee Morels - March 29, 2009”

1. blair on May 4th, 2009 8:54 pm

   there are many slang names for the 5th one im sure but if you go to the great morel homepage and check the edible and poisinous everyone will see these are called (HALF FREE MORELS) AND THEY ARE EDIBLE, it is a very informative site by the way,.tn

2. dental deb on May 4th, 2009 10:26 am

   Be careful with drinking alcoholic beverages with mushrooms. Some people have an extreme reaction to the combination.

3. Rob on April 28th, 2009 4:31 pm

   The morels with the long, volumous stalks and brownish small caps have been eaten by my family in So. Illinois for generations (#1,3,5,8,9 from left on bottom and most of top ones). They have a unique, slang name which I won’t mention. These tend to come up early in random woody places in patches on NE hillsides, sometimes black or grey morels will be nearby. The stalks are very fragile and hollow and sometimes dessicated. The stalks are also a bit sandpapery feeling. I use scissors to pick them. Also, they get soggy if soaked too long. Otherwise, they cook and taste good.

4. Barb on April 23rd, 2009 9:00 am

   This is for Art - The fifth mushroom on the bottom row is not a “fake” morel - it’s a “mock” morel. We had woods full of them and ate them for 19 years!! They taste just like a morel - it just takes more of them to make a nice serving. (They shrink even more than the real morels.) Otherwise - they are WONDERFUL - just like any morel! (Just thought you’d like to know. (Look more carefully at your mushroom book to spot “fake” morels. They can make you sick!)

5. unclejeff on April 11th, 2009 11:24 pm

   takeitlight…
   I hope your having a nice day…I am not poorly informed…
   I was just keeping an eye out for our fellow mushroom hunters…
   I have found verpas in the past, and they look like a few of those in the picture..
   My opionions are my own, I am quite informed on wild edibles both mushrooms and plants..
   If you would like to discuss this further please drop me an e-mail, rather than slamming me on this sight.
   unclejeff65@hotmail.com
   Thank You and Happy Easter..
   I

6. takeitlight on April 11th, 2009 3:55 pm

   Hey,

   There are no Verpa B. in your finds. You are looking at elata and semilibera morels. These mushrooms are edible and safe if cooked. UncleJeff is poorly informed.

7. Landon on April 8th, 2009 8:50 pm

   I just found a buttload of these so called morels and I was wanting to know if they are edible cause I found about 150 of them by the creek/ stream please let me know

8. dave on April 8th, 2009 1:36 am

   verpa,,does that allways have a solid stem?? and how big do the heads get??? do they get like a morel mushroom and get big?? ive never seen one before or heard of it… now i want to know what to look for??? thanks

9. ribeater on April 1st, 2009 5:24 pm

   That looks like a good mess to me we get that type of early spike here to in Ohio they always hollw and have never sickened any of my family ,

10. art on April 1st, 2009 11:01 am

    fifth one from left on bottom row is deffinatly a fake morel . be careful , can make you sick.

11. Brian on March 31st, 2009 2:45 pm

    stems where hollow. ate them sunday no one got sick but thanks for looking out ! will post pics of the ones i had doubts about

12. UncleJeff on March 29th, 2009 8:07 pm

    Be careful, it looks like you have a few verpa’s in your find.
    A verpa is a type of false morel.
    If the stem is solid and the cap is skirt-like/thimble-cap. Then it is poisonous.
    Be careful..
    Jeff.

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