Pictures of the great outdoors thread.

[kickbacked]

Is this a false morel? I know it’s not a morel but I don’t think I’ve ever found a false one.

 

[bcannon]

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

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Is this a false morel? I know it’s not a morel but I don’t think I’ve ever found a false one.

Van Gogh's ear???

Not sure what that is, but on a false morel the shroud doesn't touch the stem at its base

 

[spencer rifle]

Family canoe trip on the Buffalo River Arkansas. Sometimes warm and sunny, sometimes cold and stormy. Four days, 50 miles of river.

Problem 1 - strainers and leaners trying to swamp us or knock us out of the canoe
Problem 2 - winds pushing us into strainers and leaners

Sights and sounds:
Towering cliffs all along the river - floating past while listening to LOTR music - a singular experience!
Floating under an eagle nest while the eagle stared directly down on us, waking up to their calls in the morning, seeing one fly past with a fish in its talons.
Pileateds and warblers everywhere! Black and turkey vultures
Wildflowers everywhere, with blooming dogwoods and redbuds
Many turtles
River otter
Beaver cuttings
Heavy weather warnings, lots of lightning
Many kinds of ferns and mosses and lichens

I'm sure I will have more to add later.



Hemmed-In Hollow Falls



Wollum Campground


Eden Falls

 

[Hoosier Carry]

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Is this a false morel? I know it’s not a morel but I don’t think I’ve ever found a false one.

I have always recognized these as elephant ears. I have found them before but never had the certainty to eat them so always left them alone.

Here are a few links for identifying purposes. I know a true false morel has a solid stem whereas the morel we like is hollow. These links teach us that there are a wide variety of gyromitra fungi:

#232: Gyromitra brunnea

Gyromitra brunnea is a false morel that can be recognized by its wide stipe and seams along the edges. The mushroom in this photo has two seams visible: one at the very center and one at the top th…

www.fungusfactfriday.com

Elephant Ears Lorchel (Gyromitra brunnea) - 1001 Mushrooms Project

Mycobank Taxonomy : Fungi, Dikarya, Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Pezizomycetes, Pezizales, Discinaceae, Gyromitra

www.aldendirks.com

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Maumee (Hickory Ridge) this weekend. Camped a 1-nighter off Axsom trail. Perfect weather, didn't find any morels though.

 

[kickbacked]

I have always recognized these as elephant ears. I have found them before but never had the certainty to eat them so always left them alone.

Here are a few links for identifying purposes. I know a true false morel has a solid stem whereas the morel we like is hollow. These links teach us that there are a wide variety of gyromitra fungi:

#232: Gyromitra brunnea

Gyromitra brunnea is a false morel that can be recognized by its wide stipe and seams along the edges. The mushroom in this photo has two seams visible: one at the very center and one at the top th…

www.fungusfactfriday.com

Elephant Ears Lorchel (Gyromitra brunnea) - 1001 Mushrooms Project

Mycobank Taxonomy : Fungi, Dikarya, Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Pezizomycetes, Pezizales, Discinaceae, Gyromitra

www.aldendirks.com

Looks like more of the elephant ear variant with the white rim. When it comes to shrooms I only know 2 types. Morels and not morels. Haha.

 

[BigRed]

All mushrooms are edible at least once.

 

[Hoosier Carry]

Looks like more of the elephant ear variant with the white rim. When it comes to shrooms I only know 2 types. Morels and not morels. Haha.

Same here. People swear that the big white puff-balls are great to eat when they’re solid. I am still too chicken to try it.

 

[L C H]

Family canoe trip on the Buffalo River Arkansas. Sometimes warm and sunny, sometimes cold and stormy. Four days, 50 miles of river.

Problem 1 - strainers and leaners trying to swamp us or knock us out of the canoe
Problem 2 - winds pushing us into strainers and leaners

Sights and sounds:
Towering cliffs all along the river - floating past while listening to LOTR music - a singular experience!
Floating under an eagle nest while the eagle stared directly down on us, waking up to their calls in the morning, seeing one fly past with a fish in its talons.
Pileateds and warblers everywhere! Black and turkey vultures
Wildflowers everywhere, with blooming dogwoods and redbuds
Many turtles
River otter
Beaver cuttings
Heavy weather warnings, lots of lightning
Many kinds of ferns and mosses and lichens

I'm sure I will have more to add later.
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Hemmed-In Hollow Falls
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Wollum Campground
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Eden Falls
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That looks like an incredible trip.

 

[spencer rifle]

Same here. People swear that the big white puff-balls are great to eat when they’re solid. I am still too chicken to try it.

They are. Sliced like bread, coated with spiced breading and fried in butter, they are some of the best.

 

[DadSmith]

Can anyone name this mountain?

 

[kickbacked]

Can anyone name this mountain?
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Rainier?

 

[Max Volume]

Can anyone name this mountain?
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Mount Fuji?

 

[DadSmith]

Mount Fuji?

Winner

 

[hooky]

Living from a kayak for 10 days at Isle Royale National Park. A friend spent a month dehydrating food for the trip and we had
fresh lake trout for dinner a few times. Second time I had a close encounter with mamma and baby moose. The prior year I got stalked by one. It was tense for a few minutes. Back when the old bod was capable of such things.

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IR is my favorite place on earth. Never done it from a kayak though, only on foot.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

My game camera caught a low flying hawk today.

 

[BigRed]

My game camera caught a low flying hawk today.

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That bird is on a mission!

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Old lane in woods we walk...

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Keeping watch...