I "think" I found some morels today. However a few of them were way larger than I thought they should be, the cap being about 2-3 inches. Opinions welcome.
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those are gonna taste good
We have had a good season over here in the Inland Empire but the heat this week will pretty much finish them off. Professional hunters will still know spots to get them for a couple weeks, but we amateurs have also enjoyed a bounty this Spring.
I can't tell from your images but you want to be certain to cut morels when you harvest. This leaves the part that was in the soil behind so as to preserve the mycelium for future seasons....that is what I have been told anyway.
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those are some good looking' 'shrooms there Keep Calm. I was out at Lake Chelan earlier this year and we hauled a great crop. We sliced 'em up and saluted in butter. YUM!!!!
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Thanks for the input. We used a knife to cut them and did not just pull them out of the ground. Except for one that I wanted to have in order to ID it from top to bottom. We got about 2lbs so not bad at all for total newbies. They smell amazing. Cooking them tonight.
Those are what we call false morels - the good ones have a solid cap and meaty stem - sometimes they are gray. the false morels are hollow and the cap isn't much thicker than the stem. the false still taste great, but the real morels taste even better (more chewy as well).
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