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False morel - deadly! ☠
Though ironically the Latin name for this mushroom means "tasty", it is deadly poison if consumed raw. Some brave souls boil them first and do eat them, but that is still not a guarantee... distinguishable from G. montana by it's thin stem.
"Gyromitra esculenta" is an ascomycete fungus from the genus "Gyromitra", widely distributed across Europe and North America. It normally fruits in sandy soils under coniferous trees in spring and early summer. The fruiting body, or mushroom, is an irregular brain-shaped cap dark brown in colour that can reach 10 cm high and 15 cm wide, perched on a stout white stipe up to 6 cm high.
Similar species: Pezizales
By morpheme
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Uploaded May 29, 2017. Captured May 28, 2017 10:19 in Ranger Creek Trail, Enumclaw, WA 98022, USA.
