Morels live a secretive life, hiding from humans
Like elves and leprechauns, the little beings live a secretive life in the woods. They blend in with all the forest debris littering the ground so it takes a sharp set of eyes to discover their hiding places...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
It's a challenge when you love to eat the subject of your research (morels)
Kathy Jacobson, associate professor of biology at Grinnell College, she has been studying morels for the past nine years. In an interview with the Des Moines Register, she talks about her love of morel research, her love of morel eating and shares a few tips about the life of the elusive mushroom
Sunday, March 30, 2008
100's of Videos on Wild Mushrooms
Hundreds of videos on wild mushroom hunting - morels, chanterelles, boletes, how to find mushrooms, cook mushrooms,identify mushrooms.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Three Morel Mushroom Breakfast Recipes
MysticRiver1, from the Ozarks shares three ways she likes to have breakfast with morel mushrooms at group recipes.com
True and False Morels - the Beefsteak Morel
Some people think you can eat these false morels, but it ain't so....
In May 2002 an 8-year-old girl from Cheboygan, Michigan, enjoyed some Beefsteak mushrooms that some friends had given her family. After eating them, her face turned yellow and she became extremely nauseated. Her mother rushed her to the doctor, who sent her to the emergency room. She became very combative, and doctors detected high levels of ammonia in her brain, which forced her liver to begin to shut down.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Morel Maps
If only an expert would show me where to find morels... Well, there are maps that will help. Morels show up when the combination of soil temperature and moisture is ideal. And they tend to show up where forest fires occured the year before.
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