On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:46:59 GMT, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

>Kevin S. Wilson > wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:52:05 -0700, "Louis Cohen"
> wrote:
>>
>>>Are there any nasty mushrooms around that you have to careful off -
>>
>>I'm sure there are plenty. We pick only morels, which are quite
>>distinctive and--to my knowledge--don't have any poisonous lookalikes.
>>There is a similar-looking 'shroom called a false morel, but I believe
>>it is edible. We call the false morels "brains" because that's what
>>they look like.
>
>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 ]
>
Thanks for the links. Excellent site.

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Kevin S. Wilson
Tech Writer at a university somewhere in Idaho
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