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AlecBGreen

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6. morels are great eating and easy to ID once you've seen them

Reply to NickB79 (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:23 PM

Nov 2012

MORELS = safe

They have a hollow cap, which is directly attached to stalk = safe

only one other mushroom looks like them

FALSE MOREL = not safe

solid inside, cap hangs = not safe

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