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Post by HighCotton on Apr 5, 2010 16:33:58 GMT -5
Just curious here - Has anyone ever found false morels while shroomin? The old timers that started me on this great quest back in the late sixties in NW Indiana always cautioned me of the false morel. They taught me their best way to tell (other than a good trained eye) was to cut longitudinally and the false would be beefy, not hollow like the true morels. I was thinking the other day while hunting that I had never come across a false morel in my life.
Are they very common out there?
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Post by Decatur on Apr 5, 2010 17:19:25 GMT -5
I've never seen one.
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Post by huxbux on Apr 5, 2010 18:37:32 GMT -5
A buddy found one a couple years ago while we were turkey hunting. It looked a lot like a morel, but "just not quite right" for lack of a better description. It was more squat, chunky and overly large, but the dead giveaway was that it was very dry. Cutting one open is the sure way to tell - as you said, they are not hollow. Some good info and pics. thegreatmorel.com/falsemorel.html |
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Post by vectrix on Apr 6, 2010 6:55:14 GMT -5
Ok here's one for you guy's, maybe you can tell me. Several years ago when I still lived in the country as I was mowing my grass, I guess it was probably Aug or Sept. I came upon 4 or 5 big yellow sponge or so I thought. I hopped off of the mower and picked one to examine it, it was identical to a morel but had a funny smell. I have never seen one before or again but it was a dead ringer for a morel. I also thought the time of year was very unusual.
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Post by raporter on Apr 6, 2010 20:31:55 GMT -5
First I have found false morels. As for the finding in late summer I have heard of it but never experience it myself. Might want to go to www.morels.com and ask. Shoot seems to me as soon as the calendar says it is May I can't find a thing. |
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Apr 7, 2010 9:33:03 GMT -5
The False Morel is quite common in my neck of the woods. Their reddish-brown color & solid head is a dead give-away.
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