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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.View attachment 267618
Is this a false morel? I know it’s not a morel but I don’t think I’ve ever found a false one.
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.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 – Fungus Fact Friday
www.fungusfactfriday.com
Elephant Ears Lorchel (Gyromitra brunnea) - 1001 Mushrooms Project
Mycobank Taxonomy : Fungi, Dikarya, Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Pezizomycetes, Pezizales, Discinaceae, Gyromitrawww.aldendirks.com
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.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.
That looks like an incredible trip.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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They are. Sliced like bread, coated with spiced breading and fried in butter, they are some of the best.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.
Rainier?Can anyone name this mountain?
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Mount Fuji?Can anyone name this mountain?
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WinnerMount Fuji?
IR is my favorite place on earth. Never done it from a kayak though, only on foot.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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