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False Morel ☠
These ones really might fool a beginner, as the color is very, very similar to a real morel. The shape on the other hand… not so much. The good-ish news, eating this probably won't kill you *if* you boil them before you eat them… (throw away the water, don't breathe the vapors while you are boiling and don't eat too many too close together - the poison is cumulative!)
''Gyromitra infula'', commonly known as the hooded false morel or the elfin saddle, is a member of the ascomycete mushrooms in the family Helvellaceae. The dark reddish-brown caps of the fruit bodies develop a characteristic saddle-shape in maturity, and the ends of both saddle lobes are drawn out to sharp tips that project above the level of the fruiting body. The stem is white or flushed pale brown, smooth on the outside, but hollow with some chambers inside. It is found in the northern hemisphere,.. more
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