Morel

I always photograph the first one of the year. [Today was also marked by the first appearance of the wild asparagus:biggrin: :biggrin: .]

NIKON D70    ---    300mm    f/7.1    1/30s    ISO 200

 

They're definitely not the prettiest thing you'll find in the woods, but once you try them, you'll be hooked. BTW: There are no poisonous mushrooms that look like this.

 

Good link and good reminder that there are false morels! One of the better displays and comparisons of good and bad mushrooms is one that I saw in one of the museums on the U of M campus many years ago (40+). I assume it's still there.

 

Thanks Leigh. I like them gently sauteed in butter, but people use them almost any way that commercially grown mushrooms are used. They are more delicate than most other mushrooms. As for the asparagus, I can't tell the difference. I tried several times to grow asparagus, but it never prospered. Then, about 20 years ago, we found some growing in a couple of places in one of our pastures -- I'm careful to not give it any care lest it would fall victum to my farming skills:biggrin: .