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 hell of a big helvella? 
#11488735 - 11/19/09 10:28 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Is this a helvella? same thing as a false morel? i cant find which one in my books though.what a cool looking mushroom!
found these 2 monsters growing next to a creek .i spotted them from a long ways away and was like wtf is that!! the big one measured roughly 7- 8 inches tall!  
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Helvella lacunosa. Nice pics.
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rewdy
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 Re: hell of a big helvella? [Re: DannyGlick]
#11489714 - 11/20/09 12:47 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thats one badass mushroom 
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Re: hell of a big helvella? [Re: rewdy]
#11489911 - 11/20/09 01:15 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yum??
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Re: hell of a big helvella? [Re: Apollo2k]
#11489944 - 11/20/09 01:20 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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not yum but awsome mushroom. I've found these growing in ivy near my house. They are cool looking.
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Re: hell of a big helvella? [Re: NeoSporen]
#11490461 - 11/20/09 03:07 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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thanks danny. seems like i finally got the camera working properly!
rewd, i agree eh,super badass!!!
ya appolo as bfogg said ,as far as i can tell from what ive read about helvellas, not good to eat.there may be one i think that may be edible but i am no expert,and wouldnt want to spread misinformaton.some of my books are pretty old.i enjoy taking pictures of wicked looking mushrooms as much as eating anyways. maybe alan or someone could enlighten us.
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I know that certain helvella species have been consumed, but they are only considered edible after thorough cooking. Nevertheless, I wouldn't dare try these myself. The toxins in helvella and especially in gyromitra species can be pretty nasty.
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Re: hell of a big helvella? [Re: koraks]
#11491631 - 11/20/09 11:10 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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ya koraks i am not about to try them!!! they are cool enough just to look at. i have never found them so big!!
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I've tried them. They were pretty good. Just cook the hell out of them, and try and keep a few windows and doors open, and don't inhale the vapour that cooks off.
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People around here eat them and say the flavor is like morels. They are often dirty and hard to clean however.
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Re: hell of a big helvella? [Re: CureCat]
#11493129 - 11/20/09 04:11 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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don't inhale the vapour that cooks off.
why? I have never tried them but might. They grow all over the freakin place down here, but you probably already know that. Is the vapor toxic or something? Or what is the toxin?
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so this partucular helvella lacunosa is actually edible?
actually i just checked my guide to common mushrooms in BC and it does say exactly that alan.
i had to check just incase you were mad at me for calling everyone a man.
so you tried them eh cure cat? i may pass for now if i gotta worry about vapours and shit.just in case.
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lipa
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Quote:
Gyromitrin's product of hydrolisis is monomethylhydrazine (MMH), a colorless, volatile, highly toxic, carcinogenic compound, first discovered and used for it's hypergolic properties in combination with nitrogen tetroxide. MMH is used by NASA as rocket fuel, which should give some idea of what is meant by "volatile".
And can cause cancer........Fuck that!! Fuckin rocket fuel. Not in my mouth. Blah I can't even stand standing around at gas stations...
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Re: hell of a big helvella? [Re: lipa]
#11493300 - 11/20/09 04:33 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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thats the vapour!!ouch, ya fuck that.
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CureCat
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It cooks off... Cooking eliminates most if not all of the gyromitrin, and any amount that remains is insignificant.
Conversely, all edible Agaricus species contain a carcinogenic hydrazine, agaritine, which is poorly eliminated by cooking; usually only about a third is actually removed by cooking.
You should probably stop eating Agaricus too, they might give you cancer.
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Re: hell of a big helvella? [Re: CureCat]
#11496196 - 11/21/09 12:53 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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i tried cooking up some of those last year, stinky.
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Re: hell of a big helvella? [Re: CureCat]
#11496324 - 11/21/09 01:23 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well.. I would say that I would rather get cancer from eating Agaricus. Kinda like 
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