False Morel Warning

[Eddie]

My daughter loves mushrooms but I just can't bring myself to eat them. Granted, she's never had anything but grocery store white mushrooms and portabellas.

Those big portabella mushrooms that you can buy in the store are pretty good when sliced, wrapped in bacon and cooked on the grill. They go great with steak!

 

[musclecarr]

Thanks for the picture, never seen a fake one like that before. I've been huntin' morels for a long time time.

 

[Goosepond Monster]

I will never pick any mushroom off the ground to cook or eat. If I wanted to eat mushroom, I'd just order some from a good restaurant deep fried with some special sauce.

That's good to hear. It just means more morels for the rest of us.

 

[trophyhunter]

Good pics and info, heading out this morning to see how many I can find.

 

[djl02]

Is there a difference in your false morel and a Beefsteak or Elephant ear?
We use to find what were called elephant ears and their good to eat. Look alot like your false morel only stems are shorter. Thanks in advance.

 

[sgt.porter]

Is there a difference in your false morel and a Beefsteak or Elephant ear?
We use to find what were called elephant ears and their good to eat. Look alot like your false morel only stems are shorter. Thanks in advance.

What I've always known as elephant ears, we also call jelly ears and are found growing on dead wood. They are normally soft and a bit slimy but delicious. The false morel is only found growing from the ground and is pretty solid.
I figure that's what you're talking about anyways.

I just ran a google search and elephant ear mushrooms are listed as poisonous false morels. Beefsteak mushrooms come up on some sites as false morels and on others as a shelf mushroom growing on wood.

In any event, if you're eating beefsteak or elephant ears that are part of the false morel family, you're one of the few who can. I wouldn't eat them often if I were you, and I definitely wouldn't cook them up for friends.

 

[waloidian]

found 3 of them in my backyard, but only after i ran over them with my mower! agh, i left the stalks and the broken pieces in hopes that the spores can grow later

anyone think this weekend will be OK with the rain coming?

 

[djl02]

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[M88A1]

Went out yesterday didnt see any false mushrooms. Alot of snake heads...Yum Yummy

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Pictures are worth 1000 words, thanks!

 

[jason conley]

Morels are up in hendricks Co. the pecker heads are starting to dry up.

 

[Willie]

Not sure but I hear they are magical...

Maybe dried and smoked in a pipe?