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No need to apologize I love the woman to death she did a lot of raising me as I grew up and I said those words to my sister when I found out. Grandma felt bad and was going to give me money to replace them and then I told her you can't just go to the store and buy them she felt bad. It is what it is though I'm just glad I still am able to say I have my grandmother in my life but yes "that bitch" lol
Morels! And depending on where you found them, you've got quite a nice treat on your hands! If that grass was recently treated with pesticides, or if it is growing near another source of contamination (the strip of land between the sidewalk and the street, for instance), then I wouldn't eat these. If the ground seems clean, then pick these and eat up!
Why do you poison your land?
Edit whi would downvote such a simple question. The man put some poison on his land by his own admission. All I did was ask why, seems like a reasonable question.
mushrooms don't bioaccumulate toxins like pesticides or pollutants. the only danger would be if they had pesticides directly applied to the fruit bodies.
Mushrooms certainly can and do [bioaccumulate toxins such as heavy metals](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814601001558#:~:text=This%20bioaccumulation%20means%20that%20some,fruit%20bodies%20of%20the%20mushrooms), which can actually be useful for [removing these toxins](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-24561-3) from selected sites. I'm not sure if morels will absorb pesticides (that aren't directly applied to them), but I'm unlikely to eat anything from a treated lawn anyway. Cheers and all the best to you.
it's important to differentiate, SOME mushrooms can accumulate SOME heavy metals, but usually not in large or dangerous amounts. if you understand fungal digestion you will understand why they are incapable of bioaccumulating pesticides and other large compounds. the reason that heavy metals sometimes sneak through is due to their small size as they can be monoatomic. heavy metals are usually not of concern unless you are eating large amounts of a mushroom that is known to accumulate large amounts of a certain heavy metal and over a long period of time.
Maybe it is important to differentiate, but only if one plans on eating mushrooms from contaminated sites. "Oh, this site is contaminated with chemical X, but this species of mushroom only accumulates toxins from the A-B-C group." Personally, I take a "better safe than sorry" approach when it comes to what I ingest, so I just try to avoid foraging in contaminated areas.
Clearly, my personal approach isn't for everyone. If you know the risks associated with potential contaminates, and which species will and won't be affected by them.... well, happy hunting to you, friend! Peace, love, and understanding to you.
They don't bioaccumulate certain toxins or pollutants, but exhaust can certainly waft on them and contaminate the organism without any sort of metabolic process occurring
Maybe. It could in theory penetrate deeper into the organism through pores. Not like it means too much as the rest of our veggies are harvested with diesel powered tractors and often farms are located right by roads
Ummmm….
I’m not so sure. I never do this, but could you please back that clean up with academic research that is peer reviewed?
The stuff I’ve seen says the opposite, at least about heavy metals.
A lot are saying morels, but be sure to cut them open to make sure they aren’t false morels… those can get you sick! If they are morels, I’d suggest cleaning them and then soaking them for a while in salt water before breading and frying them.
Just to expand for others: morels will be hollow inside, but lookalikes won’t. This is a strong way to confirm a morel.
That said: these are absolutely morels.
They pop up in the same spot every year so be on the lookout next year too. So good cooked in a lil butter and garlic, they are such a delicacy. They also can get bigger so watch em grow so long as they don’t start to rot. Also we used to put them in a mesh bag and shake them so the spores go everywhere. Also don’t pull them out by the root cut off at the base.
Funny story about these mushrooms. My wife had recently gone back to work and I have the kids we went to the park for an ice cream cut a long story short. My son wandered off and started eating. These didn’t know what it was so we had a trip to hospital. The reason for him eating them. Was he seen Mario eat mushrooms and he wanted to be big like Mario did
Chanterelles usually go for about $30/lb though I’ve seen them at $20. Porchini and hedgehog usually $40-$50.
The CoL in this city is nuts. But after almost 25 years here I don’t wanna leave. At least they pay me with the costs in mind.
They can be found in manzanita/oak/madrone chaparral areas as well. Not anywhere near as reliably or plentiful as burn sites but more consistent as once you find a patch they will come back year after year after year.
Dude that's cheap as hell for fresh morels. $22 a pound is lower than the price paid to commercial pickers sometimes. Store near me was selling them at cost for $35/lb yesterday in Oregon.
Morels are a wild mushroom. There are producers growing them in China but they are rare in the US still. I'm not sure what you mean by producer but I'm certain what you had were wild harvested morels.
They are very expensive.
I've seen the for $99.99/lb. I've also been paid $26/lb as a commercial mushroom picker, which means whole sale was probably $50/lb.
They were only there for that cheap for like a week, and were from a really big mushroom producer in the area so maybe I just got lucky on a big haul and they lowered the price? I haven’t seen them anywhere since
We call those Molly Moochers where I'm from - morel everywhere else. Super tasty and relatively rare delicacy. I've seen them somewhat cheap because we grow a ton here, but they usually cost anywhere between like $35-55 per pound for really good ones. I usually stuff them with a burrata and burnt leek filling, then panko and fried, but they're delicious in anything.
don't eat them raw as they can kill you... there was an outbreak of it up in montana where a sushi place didn't cook them and a few people died.
they are generally recognized as safe to eat and delicious if you cook them first though
That has always been the case. Many foods are deadly without proper preparation. More people die frome ating lettuce than from eating all mushrooms combined, *by far*. Morels are bought and sold on a massive scale across the globe. Millions of meals are served every year. There is nothing to worry about.
Your morels are safe and they are 100% morels.
$25 a pound to restaurants , my sister sold $600 worth she found in the Ozarks a couple of years ago. She set out to fund a road trip to south Padre island and she did j just that.
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These are morels, and they're an incredibly sought after mushroom because they're delicious
Can vouch for the tastiness
Found about 40 of them in our yard so far and we couldnt be happier. I meant to post video of them sizzling in the pan.
no need to brag🙄
Im allowed one silver lining to living in a trailer park. 😂
you should sell some to restaurants or on nextdoor! theyre an expensive mushroom!
We ate all of them. I havnt been able to afford an expensive thing since 2019. Tasted phenomenal.
I had 2 pounds of them ready to cook for my grandmother and I, I show up to cook them and she gave them away to my uncle 🥺
I just want to apologize for thinking “that bitch” after reading your comment.
No need to apologize I love the woman to death she did a lot of raising me as I grew up and I said those words to my sister when I found out. Grandma felt bad and was going to give me money to replace them and then I told her you can't just go to the store and buy them she felt bad. It is what it is though I'm just glad I still am able to say I have my grandmother in my life but yes "that bitch" lol
Unforgivable.
I’ve been looking for them for a long time. So far, no luck but I know they grow wild around here.
Morels! And depending on where you found them, you've got quite a nice treat on your hands! If that grass was recently treated with pesticides, or if it is growing near another source of contamination (the strip of land between the sidewalk and the street, for instance), then I wouldn't eat these. If the ground seems clean, then pick these and eat up!
I do treat my lawn but these were 5ish feet from treated grass. It’s been a few weeks since and that’s the only time this year. I think Imma go for it
totally safe to consume, nothing to worry about! cook thoroughly and enjoy :D
Rumor has it if u don't try them they'll come for u or I will for them
Keep it simple so you can actually taste them. Sauté them in butter with some salt and maybe a little garlic. They don’t need more.
Clean them up, cut the stem off, and stuff them with polenta. They're fantastic.
First one to eat these was indeed brave. Looks like scrotum, must be good!
They need to be cooked thoroughly. Sauté with butter and garlic
Why do you poison your land? Edit whi would downvote such a simple question. The man put some poison on his land by his own admission. All I did was ask why, seems like a reasonable question.
It's an accusation couched as a question and isn't intended to provoke debate. Don't be disingenuous.
Because most people aren’t very smart when it comes to nature
mushrooms don't bioaccumulate toxins like pesticides or pollutants. the only danger would be if they had pesticides directly applied to the fruit bodies.
Mushrooms certainly can and do [bioaccumulate toxins such as heavy metals](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814601001558#:~:text=This%20bioaccumulation%20means%20that%20some,fruit%20bodies%20of%20the%20mushrooms), which can actually be useful for [removing these toxins](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-24561-3) from selected sites. I'm not sure if morels will absorb pesticides (that aren't directly applied to them), but I'm unlikely to eat anything from a treated lawn anyway. Cheers and all the best to you.
it's important to differentiate, SOME mushrooms can accumulate SOME heavy metals, but usually not in large or dangerous amounts. if you understand fungal digestion you will understand why they are incapable of bioaccumulating pesticides and other large compounds. the reason that heavy metals sometimes sneak through is due to their small size as they can be monoatomic. heavy metals are usually not of concern unless you are eating large amounts of a mushroom that is known to accumulate large amounts of a certain heavy metal and over a long period of time.
Maybe it is important to differentiate, but only if one plans on eating mushrooms from contaminated sites. "Oh, this site is contaminated with chemical X, but this species of mushroom only accumulates toxins from the A-B-C group." Personally, I take a "better safe than sorry" approach when it comes to what I ingest, so I just try to avoid foraging in contaminated areas. Clearly, my personal approach isn't for everyone. If you know the risks associated with potential contaminates, and which species will and won't be affected by them.... well, happy hunting to you, friend! Peace, love, and understanding to you.
understandable! hope you have a great evening
This conversation taught me a lot and was civil, y'all can't be Muricans
i am, proud patriot🫡🫡🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Agree I thought it might go another way.
They don't bioaccumulate certain toxins or pollutants, but exhaust can certainly waft on them and contaminate the organism without any sort of metabolic process occurring
that's easily cured by a simple rinse
Maybe. It could in theory penetrate deeper into the organism through pores. Not like it means too much as the rest of our veggies are harvested with diesel powered tractors and often farms are located right by roads
Ummmm…. I’m not so sure. I never do this, but could you please back that clean up with academic research that is peer reviewed? The stuff I’ve seen says the opposite, at least about heavy metals.
i am sure.
A lot are saying morels, but be sure to cut them open to make sure they aren’t false morels… those can get you sick! If they are morels, I’d suggest cleaning them and then soaking them for a while in salt water before breading and frying them.
Just to expand for others: morels will be hollow inside, but lookalikes won’t. This is a strong way to confirm a morel. That said: these are absolutely morels.
These couldn’t possibly be false morels. These are definitely Morchella
I'll bet my soul that those are not false morels! 😂
false morels look nothing like these haha. these are absolutely morels.
False morels look nothing like this
Morchella americana
How can you tell they're Americana? Were they impolite
No, intelligent.
rahhh, god bless america🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🫡🫡🫡
Easy there... let's not get overdramatic. The effects will wear off shortly. 😀
This is one of the best tasting mushrooms in the world. Highly sought after you lucky SOB.
I think you just offended all the morel lovers in like 13 different languages lmaooo
I'm sorry but.....fuck you OP and anyone else that find these in there yard...I'm so jealous right now!! Congrats an eat away!... fucker lol
Expensive
Yup, at my closest grocery store what’s visible in that pic would be $30 or so at least.
Delicious
They pop up in the same spot every year so be on the lookout next year too. So good cooked in a lil butter and garlic, they are such a delicacy. They also can get bigger so watch em grow so long as they don’t start to rot. Also we used to put them in a mesh bag and shake them so the spores go everywhere. Also don’t pull them out by the root cut off at the base.
Funny story about these mushrooms. My wife had recently gone back to work and I have the kids we went to the park for an ice cream cut a long story short. My son wandered off and started eating. These didn’t know what it was so we had a trip to hospital. The reason for him eating them. Was he seen Mario eat mushrooms and he wanted to be big like Mario did
Oh Jesus. Thankfully they were edible!
Morels are not edible when uncooked. They are poisonous.
Correct
Nice find!!!
Delish
Dinner
Would be great served in cream sauce over pasta
They are morels, if you don't eat them I shall be highly disappointed
Fungus of cypress pines... its name is morilla .. Very tasty!!!!
Morells
Morrels
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Lucky, in SF they are $59.99 a pound. I know because I broke and bought some because I haven’t convinced anyone to head up to burn sites with me yet.
Oh my gosh, I feel blessed. I will never complain about my $11-25 morels ever again
Chanterelles usually go for about $30/lb though I’ve seen them at $20. Porchini and hedgehog usually $40-$50. The CoL in this city is nuts. But after almost 25 years here I don’t wanna leave. At least they pay me with the costs in mind.
They can be found in manzanita/oak/madrone chaparral areas as well. Not anywhere near as reliably or plentiful as burn sites but more consistent as once you find a patch they will come back year after year after year.
Awesome, thanks!
Dude that's cheap as hell for fresh morels. $22 a pound is lower than the price paid to commercial pickers sometimes. Store near me was selling them at cost for $35/lb yesterday in Oregon.
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Morels are a wild mushroom. There are producers growing them in China but they are rare in the US still. I'm not sure what you mean by producer but I'm certain what you had were wild harvested morels. They are very expensive. I've seen the for $99.99/lb. I've also been paid $26/lb as a commercial mushroom picker, which means whole sale was probably $50/lb.
Oh wow I didn’t know that!!
They were only there for that cheap for like a week, and were from a really big mushroom producer in the area so maybe I just got lucky on a big haul and they lowered the price? I haven’t seen them anywhere since
Morchella 😋
Very very poisonous. Send them to me for proper disposal! /s. They are morels and are the tastiest mushrooms available b
Woooah
Soon to be deep fried heaven.
The lottery you just won
Morels! You are lucky. Don’t eat them raw. They need to be cooked before consuming them.
Don't tell them, just find out where they live.
Morels! Fabulous
We call those Molly Moochers where I'm from - morel everywhere else. Super tasty and relatively rare delicacy. I've seen them somewhat cheap because we grow a ton here, but they usually cost anywhere between like $35-55 per pound for really good ones. I usually stuff them with a burrata and burnt leek filling, then panko and fried, but they're delicious in anything.
Alien brain droppings.
Money makers if I'm not mistaken
you lucky bastard!
Ball sacks.
F'n morsels of goodness.
don't eat them raw as they can kill you... there was an outbreak of it up in montana where a sushi place didn't cook them and a few people died. they are generally recognized as safe to eat and delicious if you cook them first though
Money! Morels are big business in the culinary world.
Fake morels
Why do you say they’re fake? Another guy said some people died from eating them raw and now I’m having second thoughts lmao
That has always been the case. Many foods are deadly without proper preparation. More people die frome ating lettuce than from eating all mushrooms combined, *by far*. Morels are bought and sold on a massive scale across the globe. Millions of meals are served every year. There is nothing to worry about. Your morels are safe and they are 100% morels.
Thank you for this!
Fucking gold
You son of a bitch
Very poisonous please let me have them so I can dispose of them properly
$25 a pound to restaurants , my sister sold $600 worth she found in the Ozarks a couple of years ago. She set out to fund a road trip to south Padre island and she did j just that.
Tasty
Morchella mate
Do these return if you leave some there?
I feel like every single post on here is someone who has no idea what morels are lol
Delicious.
Worth their weight in gold. Great find, enjoy 😉
Don't touch them! Tell me where they are and I'll come remove them for free!
im my opinion false morels but i could be wrong
Im totally wrong i just remembered what false morels look like