David Farber said:


Pat Kiewicz wrote:
David Farber said:


I found these mysterious things growing in my garden. The
internet
says they're Morel mushrooms and they may be safe to eat. I
would
definitely like a second opinion about that. I found this webpage
with some information about that.

And the photo of the ones in my garden is he

http://webpages.charter.net/mrfixite.../Mushrooms.jpg


Morels are the easiest mushroom to properly identify, and yes, they
can sometimes be found growing in a back yard. Your mushrooms
do,
indeed,
look like edible morels, but a full ID would require looking at the
stem and cutting one in half.

True morels have hollow stems that connect directly to the cap.

False morels either do not have hollow stems or the cap hangs
down
over
the stem.

Check out these links:

http://thegreatmorel.com/falsemorel.html
http://thegreatmorel.com/falsemorel2.html

A couple of years back we had a prolonged cool, wet spring and a
couple of dead or dying fruit trees in the back yard, which resulted
in a spectacular crop of extremely delicious morels.

Here is the mushroom sliced open.

http://webpages.charter.net/mrfixite...orel-slice.jpg

It looks like the good, hollow kind, right?

Looks a little "off" to me. I wouldn't eat it unless I'd had it verified by
an expert. The top is too small and the base is a bit too filled in.

--
Pat in Plymouth MI

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