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Thank you!! I gave my mom some of the mushrooms i found yesterday and she said it was a false model. I wasnt sure and she got me questioning myself lol
The only "false morel" you have to worry about around here is Gyromitra esculenta - but it has a red to dark brown, brain-like cap that is not attached and not hollow when you cut it. Once you compare it to true morels, it's hard to confuse them. Remember: all edible morels are hollow when sliced. And don't be deterred by perfectly imperfect true morels that have weird curves!
 
The only "false morel" you have to worry about around here is Gyromitra esculenta - but it has a red to dark brown, brain-like cap that is not attached and not hollow when you cut it. Once you compare it to true morels, it's hard to confuse them. Remember: all edible morels are hollow when sliced. And don't be deterred by perfectly imperfect true morels that have weird curves!
Yeah I knew about the red brown ones and I was pretty sure the pic I sent wasnt a false but my mom said she seen somewhere that it was ...so I figured better safe than sorry now and I can assure my mom I was NOT out to poison her ! Lol
 
I went to LBL yesterday and spent about four hours looking. They have an area that was just burned off and I have heard that can stimulate the shrooms...? I didn't find any but on the plus side, it seems to have wiped the ticks out!! I kept looking and finally found a tulip poplar and found the very first Morel after a long 15 seasons or so of looking!!

I kept on looking as I wanted atleast six for that firs taste of Morels after so long..... Didn't find another but I did fry that lone shroom up!
When was it burned?
 
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