Do you hunt and eat mushrooms?

[mcurphy]

None of those look anything like a true morel outside the ribbed hood. Picking one of those as a true morel would be like picking lemons thinking they're oranges. There's some similarities, but they aren't really alike at all.

lol, exactly. Anyone who has ever seen a morel would never mistake any one of those as a morel.

 

[Locut0s]

None of those look anything like a true morel outside the ribbed hood. Picking one of those as a true morel would be like picking lemons thinking they're oranges. There's some similarities, but they aren't really alike at all.

True. Although there is a LOT of variability within species and while these are probably typical examples of what a false morel may look like there are probably samples that look much more like a real morel. Also there are other species of mushrooms that look more uniformly like an edible species like the False Chanterelle:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophoropsis_aurantiaca

OR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_O'Lantern_Mushroom

AND

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyllum_molybdites

 

[IronWing]

lol, exactly. Anyone who has ever seen a morel would never mistake any one of those as a morel.

These false morels are like, like protestant morels, all twisted up until they no longer resemble the true morels.

 

[Locut0s]

For example young Destroying Angel Mushrooms can be mistaken for button mushrooms or puffballs:

 

[feralkid]

Man, if that's what your penis looks like, you should see a doctor. Like right now. Go to something like xvideos to see what a penis is supposed to look like.

 

[Instan00dles]

my friend goes looking for them every year and has to be very careful that no one in his extended family finds out about it or they will be over looking for them as well. I have yet to try them, there is never enough to go around.

 

[DrPizza]

With 8000 acres of barely traveled forest behind me, I really should start searching. I've been meaning to for a couple of years, but just never seem to find the time.

 

[ShawnD1]

This chick could take it

Seriously though, don't pick your own mushrooms. Even Alton Brown said he doesn't do this.

 

[JMapleton]

With 8000 acres of barely traveled forest behind me, I really should start searching. I've been meaning to for a couple of years, but just never seem to find the time.

Be careful for the dangerous ones!

 

[KMFJD]

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[RadiclDreamer]

There is no mistaking morels, if you mistake them for another shroom you deserve the slow painful death

 

[JulesMaximus]

There's nothing more dangerous than a wounded mushroom...

 

[Jzero]

One of the more pedestrian extreme hobbies. There is a great "sketch" in the "The Scavenger's Guide To Haute Cuisine" where auther Steven Rinella finds some chanterelles but simply cannot bring himself to eat them.

 

[PricklyPete]

I slay them daily.

 

[geno]

"hunt" them? If it doesn't move, you're not hunting, you're finding

 

[destrekor]

"hunt" them? If it doesn't move, you're not hunting, you're finding

It's like a scavenger hunt!

 

[zebano]

I know many people that hunt for Morels every year. They are extremely tasty and sell for quite a bit if you pick too many (highly unlikely). They are also distinctive and hard to misidentify.

 

[invidia]

What type of rifle does your friend use to hunt mushrooms?

 

[RoloMather]

Shrooms

 

[zinfamous]

I was talking to this guy at work who claims he hunts and eats "Morel" mushrooms. I told him he's crazy, some mushrooms are poisonous.

I told him, does he hallucinate when eating these mushrooms, he said no, they're normal mushrooms.

Anyone else do this? Apparently he goes to the forest or something and goes mushroom hunting.

wtf? you think morels are poisonous? morels are great to find if you have them. super expensive.

mushroom hunting is rather kick-ass if you know what you're doing.

 

[D1gger]

I used to hunt for these.