I found some mushrooms in my yard, in upstate, Adirondack area, of NY.
They look like maybe they could be morels. They are too old to eat now, if
they are, but does anyone know a way for me to positively identify what I
found so that I know for the future?
I've never eaten a morel, but I hear they are delicious. I also understand
that the fake ones can be deadly.
Thanks to all for any help!
Nancy
In a message dated 5/19/04 6:05:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
nbabbitt2003@VERIZON.NET writes:
<< They look like maybe they could be morels. They are too old to eat now, if
they are, but does anyone know a way for me to positively identify what I
found so that I know for the future?
Call up Cornell University and ask if they can recommend an expert on
mushrooms.
Mary Ann
Get a mushroom ID book. False morels are significantly different from true
morels. Don't eat the old ones, but they've established an underground
growth (mycelium) in your yard. If they are morels, you're a lucky
lady. Envision the mycelium as a spreading underground tree, the morels
the fruit of that tree.
Margaret L
Gardening in Intermountain West and Handicapped gardening
http://www.margaretlauterbach.com
Of course it's possible to develop an intolerance or allergy to them. It's
very tempting, when you're preparing a meal with this special food, to
serve it with wine. The combination does make some people sick. Was that
your problem?
Margaret L
Gardening in Intermountain West and Handicapped gardening
http://www.margaretlauterbach.com
I have morels growing in our yard a couple of places and only a very
few a year. I have tasted them and found them delicious, however when i
picked one last year, and sliced it in 2 and cooked it for my husband
and me, I later brought it back up. My husband was fine with his 1/2
and I think I just developed an intolerance to them. the false morels
do not look like the real ones at all, check them out thoroughly, but
you will find that they are one of the easiest to identify.
susan
I have a great mushroom book, very small only identifies 6, but they
are all very easy to identify and no lookalikes. It is called "Start
Mushrooming" the easiest way to start collecting 6 edible mushrooms. by
Stan Tekiela and Karen Shanberg.
susan
Everything I serve at dinner I serve with wine, but not in the
mushroom, just in the glass. I wonder .... the first time I ate them I
ate quite a few and didn't get sick, but I probably had wine then, too.
susan
GEt some books, take some shroom courses, and study, study, study, or find
a local expert that will be willing to identify what you have, in person.
bille
Behalf Of Nancy Babbitt
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 3:06 PM
To: OGL@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Mushrooms in my yard
I found some mushrooms in my yard, in upstate, Adirondack area, of NY.
They look like maybe they could be morels. They are too old to eat now, if
they are, but does anyone know a way for me to positively identify what I
found so that I know for the future?
I've never eaten a morel, but I hear they are delicious. I also understand
that the fake ones can be deadly.
Thanks to all for any help!
Nancy
I'm betting you didn't have alcohol with them last time susan. Morels and
alcohol - and some other otherwise edible fungi such as lawyers wigs - are
guaranteed to return your dinner as fast as it went down.
I was always taught that morels should be blanched and the first water
poured away to remove some of their toxins before their final cooking and
I've always done this. They still taste good. Haven't found any anywhere
close to us though. Do you know of any in the Dublin area JT? Finest ever
morelling day was in a forest in Sweden that had been felled a couple of
years before at midsommer
kathryn
I'm not confident enough about mushrooms to identify morels. Lawyers'
wigs, yes, plenty of places; and a couple of places for "flats" - bit
flat field mushrooms or horse mushrooms.
But the Dublin Naturalists' Field Club does a Fungus Hunt every
August, I think - been meaning to go on it for ages.
My brother has a great story about a pharmacist in France who was
famous for his accurate identification of fungi; he invited his
friends to dinner one fungus-rich autumn, and they all dined well on
wild mushrooms. Afterwards the plates were put down for the dog to
finish off.
Then the dog started whining and biting at its sides and vomiting,
and showing every sign of distress, and everyone got a bit edgy.
Finally the pharmacist said: "Ok, ok, I know it's nothing, but just
to be absolutely safe..."
So everyone went to the hospital and got stomach-pumped - not a
pleasant thing. They were all feeling pretty unfriendly towards the
pharmacist.
Next day he went home, crestfallen and having apologised profusely
all over the place. And the dog had a fine litter of pups suckling
beside her!
Don't you just love urban legends? My grandfather used to tell that one
about one of his friends who bred whippets.
Morels are very different to other types of mushrooms and dead easy to
identify. They are in season through April and May in Ireland.
Easiest to make a mistake about is always field mushroom in my experience.
We get them some years but not regularly, as with the giant puffball. Local
sites for parasols, horse mushrooms, field mushrooms, boletus edulis,
oyster mushrooms and chanterelles.
A good book is the best bet a teaching by someone who knows what they are
talking about. And not touching anything you aren't sure of. We also have
destroying angels and death caps on the premises.
i'm sure I did have the wine the first time, as i remember where we
were, and wine was definitely served
susan
