Wild Mushrooms !

kvaughn said:
Morels are the only ones that are easy to identify and dont have any poisonous look-a-likes, thus the only one I pick. If you have an area where they grow sparsely in your yard like i do, you can stimulate their growth by burning piles of brush there. Mine came back 10 fold after a little fire action.--KV
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but their is a mushroom that looks like a morel that is very poisonous! they used to make rocket fuel from it! called the "False Morel"
 
You are right dantor. I have never seen a false one in the wild. I understand the biggest differance is a real morel has a hollow stem, and a false one has a solid stem, with a cottony texture inside the stem. Also, the cap of a false morel is connected at the top of the stem. A morels is connected at the base of the cap, essentially becoming 1 piece. If you sliced one up the middle it would look like 1 piece with a holloe tube stem. heres a pic of true morels--


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Thers a morel look alike that grows in Missouri during the summer. They stink real bad.
 
DOC-CANADA said:
I guess I"m lucky - I don't like mushrooms except as a fire making adjunct. I could never understand eating anything that's related to Athlete's Foot and Crotch Rot!:barf:

To each their own, of course. :)

Doc
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Please ignore me as I screwed up!
 
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I spend a great deal of time in the Czech Republic (wife's Czech). I can tell you that Czechs are CRAZY about hunting for wild mushrooms. Each fall we take the kids out to the woods at least two or three times and pick a bunch. Most get sliced and dried for later use in soups, chili, risotto, stuffing for a chicken, etc. Some get cooked up fresh. At 3 and 5, my kids are already pretty adept at IDing the edible ones but know very well that Mom HAS to inspect them before they go into the basket. They're learning about the good ones from their mom, the same way she learned, the same way her mom learned, etc. Me, I can't keep 'em straight, so I mainly spend my time using my pocketknife to clean up the ones they bring me.

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that's really cool mnblade (lucky dawg), I think your wife should be here posting! ;)
 
Hi I'm Czech too :D I just love mushrooms.
I just come back from woods with this :)

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and my little friend

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Tomas
 
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Just yesterday I went for a hike, and was astonished by all the variation of shrooms I could set my eyes on, Even with my edible plants book, wasn't able to identify them clearly.

Real eye opener!
 
I am from Croatia,and it is common here to eat mushrooms,but this cause that every year we have one or two cases of severe poisoning of whole families.
Luckily,knowing edible and healing herbs and mushrooms was tradition in my family ,so I have learned some from my grandmother and mother.
But sadly,none of my children nor my wife are interested in that,so I collect rarely,and must admit I had forget many that I have learned.
 
mariobab said:
Luckily,knowing edible and healing herbs and mushrooms was tradition in my family ,so I have learned some from my grandmother and mother.
But sadly,none of my children nor my wife are interested in that,so I collect rarely,and must admit I had forget many that I have learned.
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mariobab, I'm sorry to hear of the lack of interest of your family. It's good that there's forums like this to help keep some of the old knowledge alive. Perhaps, you should get out with some other people that have an interest, so that you can keep your forebear's knowledge intact.

I don't even like mushrooms, and I'd come out with you. :) I'm sure there are others, as well.

Doc
 
ohh gawd yes, mariobab's experience is the kind you want when you learn about nature! good point Doc ;)
 
dipbait said:
Thers a morel look alike that grows in Missouri during the summer. They stink real bad.
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Could you maybe be referring to the Stinkhorn? Certain varieties do sort of look like a Morel, like this Netted Stinkhorn.

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We hunt for morels a lot as well. Beware, however; there are a few poisonous look-alikes/false morels that do have a hollow stalk, or can appear to have a hollow stalk, sometimes because it is chambered. These include the Conifer False Morel, the Saddle Shaped False Morel and the Wrinkled Thimble Cap (somewhat poisonous).
 
ejes said:
Could you maybe be referring to the Stinkhorn? Certain varieties do sort of look like a Morel, like this Netted Stinkhorn.

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We hunt for morels a lot as well. Beware, however; there are a few poisonous look-alikes/false morels that do have a hollow stalk, or can appear to have a hollow stalk, sometimes because it is chambered. These include the Conifer False Morel, the Saddle Shaped False Morel and the Wrinkled Thimble Cap (somewhat poisonous).
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Thats the one. Looks a lot like a morel but stinks terrible.
 
i think i want to eat a wild mushroom just for the thrill of it...sorry thats the Volta speaking
 
OK, since this is Bladeforums, did you guys know that there are specialized knives for mushroom collecting? I bought one for a friend's birthday several years ago. They have an inward-curving blade on one side and a brush on the other. Interestingly enough, at the time the only one I could find on-line was from the Czech republic, although now, searching on "Mushroom Knife" gets me many more hits. For example:
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