On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:10:40 -0500, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:46:59 GMT, Jim Elbrecht
> wrote:
>
>>Just so you never try it-- The False Morel is one of those that might
>>give you a 'pass' for years, then one day decide to kill you.
>>http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushr..._toxicity.html
>>[bad picture of one-- this one is more representative-
>>http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushr...or_morels.html
>>and this one looks most like the False Morels I've seen
>>http://www.fungusfun.com/mushdir/det...hp?image_id=59 ]
>
>Those don't look anything like morels to me. If someone can't tell
>the difference, then they need to pray to Darwin.

I agree on the appearance-- though if your only association with
Morels was a picture you saw in a book a few years ago, I can see how
someone might think of morels, especially the last link. [and if
their eating mushrooms on those criteria, all the Darwin references
apply]

It must be the name 'False Morel' that makes lots of folks go ahead
and eat them every year. And sometimes they get away with it for
years before it bites them back.

Jim