WENT OUT AGAIN THIS MORNING AND HAD BEST DAY SO FAR.BETWEEN MY FRIEND AND I,WE FOUND 64 YELLOWS.AS MANY IN ONE DAY AS I,VE FOUND THE 4 DAYS OF HUNTING BEFORE.NOW I HAVE A QUESTION TO ASK ABOUT MUSHROOMS MY FRIEND FOUND.ANY HELP APPRESIATED.HE FOUND 8 GREAT BIG MOREL LOOKING MUSHROOMS,SMELL LIKE THEM AND ALL.BUT THE CROWNS ON THEM ARE AN ORANGE,BROWNISH COLOR,LIKE A BURNT ORANGE COLOR.ARE THESE MORELS OR IMPOSTERS?THE STEM IS ALMOST SOLID INSTEAD OF HOLLOW.PLEASE LEAVE ANY INFO HERE.THEY ARE AS BIG AS SOFTBALLS.THANKS.VERN

Email: miracle1@pldi.net

State: oklahoma

Vern,

Please look here:

http://morelsandmore.com/morelpics.htm

You may be describing a "false Morel" which is poisonous. Look at the bottom of the page.
The rule is "When in doubt--don't!"

Email: john@morelsandmore.com

State: Illinois

Unles the stem is hollow it is not a morel. Do NOT eat it. The mushroom you are describing sounds like a false morel--I strongly agree with the previous reply.



Here's something else that may help. The true morels have "ridges, outward"....not "crevaces, inward" (like the human brain).

Sounds like the rest of your find was terrific!
J

Email: davis@mvn.net

State: IL