attention botanists-- mushroom identification

05/30/2009 - 00:58
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found this on our property last weekend. anyone know what kind of mushroom it is?
can i eat it?
lol

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05/30/2009 - 04:51
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Morel!!

Yum! Dried, then sauted.
ohhhhhh.....

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05/30/2009 - 06:32
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Yup... Morel....

It is one of the four really safe wild mushrooms in the Northwest. If it looks anything like a Morel it is a Morel and good to eat. Throw away the very bottom where the dirt starts then slice it and fry it in butter.



05/30/2009 - 18:38
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Mmmm... morel

Used to fill 5-gallon buckets w/these when I was a kid in IN.

1. Dredge in flour
2. Fry in butter
3. Eat 'til it hurts!

Man, I miss those. Time to call ma & pa...

-Jason
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05/30/2009 - 19:05
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alot of places here in

alot of places here in Indiana are getting $40/lb for those



06/02/2009 - 13:10
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Yep, looks good. Make sure

Yep, looks good.

Make sure you know what a false morel is for your hunting. You don't want to eat those.

Just google false morel for pictures, they can look just like a morel, the cap does not attach to the stem at the bottom of the cap though.

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06/02/2009 - 15:06
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yay, i can eat it!

Thanks everyone, fantastic replies.
Here is a good article found on the false morel.
http://thegreatmorel.com/falsemorel.html

It will not be hard to tell the difference, given this info.
My husband just asked a question, can you eat the morel raw? I'd think so.
Sounds much more delicious to saute in butter though.

This is cool, I love mushrooms! But I have never gone mushroom hunting before. I hope I can find some more of these. Last fall our neighbor asked if he could go hunting for Chanterelles, he said he did find a few.
Last year I found out you can eat the tops of fiddlehead ferns, before they open up.
We also get all kinds of berries at our place, besides blackberries I have also seen thimbleberries, salmonberries, and black raspberries.

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It's log, log.... It's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
It's log, log.... It's better than bad, it's good!
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06/21/2009 - 23:45
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that's a lot of tasty

that's a lot of tasty berries. Last fall I figured out the peak thimble berry crop comes as the leaves turn yellow in the fall.