Probably posting this in the wrong place, but need advice quick. As my son and I were coming out of the woods this morning after a fruitless turkey hunt, we stumbled into these shrooms. I've seen posts here before about Morels, and these kinda look like the pictures I've seen. Anybody able to tell from these pics. if these are Morels or a ticket to the emergency room?
Please remove if this is an improper post. I WAS bowhunting! LOL.

You lucky dog you.  Yep, those are morels.  Slice them in half, soak in saltwater for a bit, dry and roll in egg and flour and saute in butter.  They're also good in an omlette.  I'm sure others will have some greeat eating ideas, too.  We've got another week or two to wait up here.

Those look to be Morels to me. One good way to tell is to slice them in half, lenght - wise they will be hollow all the way through. I'm going Turkey hunting tomorrow, I always look for Morels during Turkey season.

Next time cut em off above ground with a pocketknife.  Leave the roots intact.

Do like Otto said and you'll find them in the same places year after year.

Thanks guys. Wish I had known to leave the roots behind. They have been kept damp and cool. I wonder if I could replant the roots and a small section of the stem in the morning in the same spot they came from? I found them in a really damp hardwood creek valley.

CheapShot, thanks. They are hollow like you said.

Worth a try. Good Morel and Fiddlehead cutting spots are mapped out and closely guarded secrets up here.

QuoteOriginally posted by vermonster13:
Worth a try. Good Morel and Fiddlehead cutting spots are mapped out and closely guarded secrets up here.

I agree, worth a try and congrats on some fine eatin ya got there!!!!  A good Morel spot is a top secret find, when your going to check it make sure your not being followed!!!!!   :cool:

Yep Morels, each and every one!  YUM!!!!!!!!

Better send them to me and let me taste test them for you. Wouldn't want anybody to get sick from eating something that look like morels.  

I know I'll probably get beat up over this one but... I've never had them.

Where should I be looking to get some?

Tahnks,
Keith

Well shaded, damp places.

yep those are golden to me.... I remember picking 'shrooms with my dad once back in Minnesota. He kept asking if we could eat this one or that one.... I finally told him " you can eat any mushroom you want... once". enjoy

Yeppers, you found yourself some Morels there.  

As quoted from the book "Basically Morels" by Larry Lonik.  

"The stalk of a true morel is hollow and is joined to the bottome end of the cap.  The stalk of a flase morel may be hollow or pithy and is attached only at the top of the cap"

Enjoy

I agree with the logic "you should have cut the roots off at the ground" but dont worry about them not growing back due to taking the roots with you.  Morels grow by spores and have nothing what-so-ever to do with the roots being there.  I cut (actually I pinch them off) them off because I dont care to spread the dirt all over my prize on the way out of the woods.  If conditions are right those morels will be back year after year as mentioned and you will want to go back to that spot in about 4-5 days you will probably find more right where you picked them.  Next time you pick bring an empty mesh onion sack to put them in so you can hopefully spread any spores on your way out of the woods.

Of course it cant hurt if you want to bury the roots back where you found them, just make sure to look for more while you are out digging the hole =).

And I woke up to a fresh layer of snow on the ground.  Nice find.  Nice climate.

No need to worry about picking their roots... they don't really have any. The morels we pick are not individual plants, but the fruiting bodies of a huge underground network of mycelia that constitutes one living organism. That's whey you find "them" in the same place year after year. I can't make a positive ID from the picture, but if you will dry a bushel of them and send them to me I will give you a positive opinion! Don

THEY ARE A 'SAFE' MUSHROOM; BUT YOU HAVE TO COOK THEM- DO NOT EAT THEM RAW.

Almost filled a 5 gallon bucket with morels yesterday evening while out stump shooting with my daughter.

Mushroom and cheese omelets this morning!      

Lost arra, you're killin me! Morel and cheese omelet, is like dining with a king.

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