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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,694 posts) Fri May 31, 2013, 08:17 PM May 2013

I found morel mushrooms in my yard today!

I sauteed and ate them along with some fresh asparagus (also home-grown) and a glass of sauvignon blanc. Yum.

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I found morel mushrooms in my yard today! (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 OP

OH! Lucky... MineralMan May 2013 #1

wow. really nice picture, too. n/t Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #2

Sweet. Be careful though... Locut0s May 2013 #3

Nothing else looks like a morel. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 #4

There's the False Morel. Locut0s May 2013 #5

Doesn't look much like a real one. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 #6

That's a morel. Delish! I'm jealous. Scuba May 2013 #7

Those are the only wild mushrooms I trust myself to identify and eat. hunter May 2013 #8

Mmmm! Our season is over MuseRider May 2013 #9

MineralMan

(146,309 posts)

1. OH! Lucky...

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Fri May 31, 2013, 08:28 PM

May 2013

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

2. wow. really nice picture, too. n/t

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Fri May 31, 2013, 08:29 PM

May 2013

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)

3. Sweet. Be careful though...

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Fri May 31, 2013, 08:40 PM

May 2013

Even experts in picking mushrooms have been killed by misidentifying a poisonous mushroom. I remember more than one such story around here.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,694 posts)

4. Nothing else looks like a morel.

Reply to Locut0s (Reply #3)

Fri May 31, 2013, 08:42 PM

May 2013

I wouldn't touch any other wild mushroom, though.

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)

5. There's the False Morel.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #4)

Fri May 31, 2013, 08:49 PM

May 2013

http://thegreatmorel.com/falsemorel.html

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,694 posts)

6. Doesn't look much like a real one.

Reply to Locut0s (Reply #5)

Fri May 31, 2013, 08:51 PM

May 2013

The ones I found and ate were hollow, and therefore real. At least, I'm not dead yet.

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

7. That's a morel. Delish! I'm jealous.

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Fri May 31, 2013, 08:56 PM

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hunter

(38,312 posts)

8. Those are the only wild mushrooms I trust myself to identify and eat.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2013, 09:01 PM

May 2013

bon appétit!

MuseRider

(34,109 posts)

9. Mmmm! Our season is over

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Fri May 31, 2013, 10:14 PM

May 2013

and was interrupted by snow of all things. It was an OK season, not like the last two but OK. Enjoy. Nothing like finding them right out the door.

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