mushroom season is here!

yukon cornelius · April 13, 2014, 09:33:21 PM

its a bit early but I found a couple today! this is me and my best buddies showing off our catch. no morels yet but maybe at the end of the week or after tomorrows snow they will be up.

trapper · April 13, 2014, 09:55:30 PM

Is that what they call a false morel?

yukon cornelius · April 13, 2014, 10:07:35 PM

well I guess so! we always just called them reds but since you ask that I looked it up. I just read that they are dangerous to eat. myself, family, and all of the people who look for them eat them and ive never heard of anyone getting sick. ive been eating them my whole life. after saying that what I read is scary!

yukon cornelius · April 13, 2014, 10:25:33 PM

good thing I never read about them before! I could have been killed!

drobertson · April 13, 2014, 10:42:20 PM

good rains tonight! with one short cold snap for the two next days, I'm thinking it will be a good year!

yukon cornelius · April 13, 2014, 10:54:55 PM

we had a good rain and all the wind missed us. I think your right it is looking good!

Cedar Savage · April 13, 2014, 10:59:11 PM

I used to eat them, & for awhile dried them, before using, which I heard is safer. Now I only hunt morels,,,,heres the gook on em,,,,,,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyromitra_esculenta

Magicman · April 14, 2014, 08:28:17 AM

Yup, mighty dangerous to eat. I suspect that they might cause gray hair to grow in a red beard. :D

POSTON WIDEHEAD · April 14, 2014, 05:54:20 PM

Quote from: Magicman on April 14, 2014, 08:28:17 AM
Yup, mighty dangerous to eat. I suspect that they might cause gray hair to grow in a red beard. :D

yukon cornelius · April 15, 2014, 09:19:43 AM

mm that has to be whats causing my gray hairs, aching bones, forgetfulness, and baldness. I cant be getting old already! im too young to be getting old. :laugh:

thecfarm · April 15, 2014, 09:41:02 AM

I use to have a red beard about 25 years ago.

coxy · April 15, 2014, 07:09:20 PM

yep don't think ill be eating any of them better not show this to the wifey she my go pick some :D :D

mesquite buckeye · April 24, 2014, 11:11:32 PM

They can be dangerous, containing rocket fuel, methylhydrazine if memory serves me. Bibbyman eats them with no problems. I think they can be safe if they have the rocket fuel cooked out of them. ;D

yukon cornelius · April 25, 2014, 07:29:40 AM

we ended up eating them. I wasn't going to after reading about them. it scared me a bit but I have been eating them my whole life. we called them reds or beefsteaks. everyone around here eats them. I also looked up the statistics on them. what I read said 1-2 people die a year from them world wide. but anyway we ate them and lived! we have found a ton of morels, more than we have ever found 8)