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groovystoner
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So cal morel ?
#19144687 - 11/16/13 10:03 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Found this little guy growing in a wood chipped area near a bunch of leratiomyces ceres. Only a few inches high and kind of black and white. I just left it where it was since it's like right next to my home
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Tangich


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Wow, amazing! I've never seen anything like it! It's not a morel, I'd call it a stinkhorn of some kind, Phallaceae family.
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Joie


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Re: So cal morel ? [Re: Tangich]
#19144728 - 11/16/13 10:14 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Aye wow. That's what I thought - certainly looks like rotting gleba in there but the stem is very Helvella/Morchella and the ridges and stature are morel-like. It's an interesting one.
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ambc
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Re: So cal morel ? [Re: Joie]
#19144744 - 11/16/13 10:22 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Bizzare, I totally agree with Joie on that assessment. Which lands an ID absolutely NO WHERE!
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ambc
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Re: So cal morel ? [Re: ambc]
#19144751 - 11/16/13 10:24 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Do us a favor and keep an eye out for more of them possibly at different stages of development. Also does it smell awful, like rotting flesh possibly?
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groovystoner
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Re: So cal morel ? [Re: ambc]
#19144760 - 11/16/13 10:26 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Interesting ! Is there anything I could do to help with an ID ? I had no idea it was there (or it wasn't) when I saw the leratiomyces patch yesterday morning
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Joie


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Close-ups and cross-sections!
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groovystoner
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Yeah absolutely ! I walk my dog around the whole area everyday, and as for smell, I can check but Im kind of really bad with smells to be honest haha
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ambc
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Other than smell, what Joie said.
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RiverDweller1



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Re: So cal morel ? [Re: ambc]
#19144783 - 11/16/13 10:32 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tangich


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Quote:
RiverDweller1 said: why not Morchella rufobrunnea
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groovystoner
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Re: So cal morel ? [Re: ambc]
#19144792 - 11/16/13 10:34 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I could always go pick it to examine it further ! I don't have a microscope or anything though
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RiverDweller1



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Quote:
groovystoner said: I could always go pick it to examine it further ! I don't have a microscope or anything though
you don't really need a microscope, there should be enough macroscopic info to go on. If you do collect this, take a cross section photo so we can see the guts.
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Alan Rockefeller
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It is Morchella rufobrunnea
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groovystoner
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So then, what should I do with it my first morel find ! More pictures
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RiverDweller1



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i think you should fry it up and eat it!
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Byrain

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Quote:
RiverDweller1 said: i think you should fry it up and eat it!
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groovystoner
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Re: So cal morel ? [Re: Byrain]
#19144883 - 11/16/13 11:12 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well how do you guys recommend cooking it ! This is actually only my second time successfully finding a good wild edible mushroom and eating it, a morel too !
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ZippyHippyinWA
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Good call RD, I would have said a helvella of some kind and been COMPLETELY off.
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Alan Rockefeller
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Cook it in butter or olive oil, kind of a high temperature. When it is done (browned on all sides) add a tiny bit of salt and pepper.
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