Morels in my yard

[u/GunSlingingParrot25]

Went through my side yard gate, it’s where our canoes are stored and found all these morels!! In SE near Holgate and Cesar Chavez. I’ve never found them here before in the 6 years I’ve been in this house

[u/KiltedLady]

[u/AllChem_NoEcon → u/KiltedLady]

How did you get these pictures of my immediate reaction?

[u/GenericDesigns]

Look poisonous, i will take and dispose of them for you

[u/Toloran → u/GenericDesigns]

They actually kind are. You have to cook the fuck out of them to burn off the hydrazine.

[u/Polymathy1 → u/Toloran]

That's not true for real morels (morchela genus). That's only an issue for some false morels - verpas, I think. Gyronitras have their own issue with gyromitrin

[u/peregrina_e]

Perfect for a nice creamy morel sauce 🍄‍🟫

[u/Psychological-Pen-72]

Me too (in St Johns!)... Hypothesis: I think they are following these old logs around our yard #forReal

[u/AllChem_NoEcon → u/Psychological-Pen-72]

I’ve got a pile of old logs and all I got out of it was a chipmunk. 

[u/SoupSpelunker → u/AllChem_NoEcon]

They're good eatin too!

[u/Obvious-Concern8270 → u/Psychological-Pen-72]

Damn, I’m in St Johns and found a ton of these in my yard last year. Had no idea they were edible so I just ignored them. Hope they come back again! 🍽️

[u/BigOleDawggo]

If you get more, try rinsing them over a bowl and then take the water and dump it on the wood chips. If you’re lucky, the spores will make more.

[u/buytoiletpaper]

Nice find! Did you recently put down wood chips?

[u/GunSlingingParrot25 → u/buytoiletpaper]

I did, but in a completely different part of my yard.

[u/buytoiletpaper → u/GunSlingingParrot25]

The most common morel found in yards is Morchella importuna, which usually shows up after some wood chips. They usually only flush once.

Keep an eye on it in the next couple of years, if you get more flushes you may have lucked into a “natural” morel patch instead. And watch out for prowlers that now have a general sense of your location 😅

[u/mlachick]

Thanks for reminding me it's morel season.

[u/AngelsHero]

I don’t have any morals I’ll take OP’s /s

[u/threebillion6]

r/mushrooms would have a field day with this. Can I have some of your soil? Maybe it's special.

[u/DoctorGregoryFart]

Lucky! I've never even had the opportunity to try them! What are you planning to do with them?

[u/GunSlingingParrot25 → u/DoctorGregoryFart]

Sautée some in butter and eat, that’s step one. After that, who knows

[u/SoupSpelunker → u/GunSlingingParrot25]

If you shove as much oregonzola as you can in them and bake them, you're risking spontaneous orgasm at dinner. Highly recommend.

[u/DoctorGregoryFart → u/GunSlingingParrot25]

Not a bad plan.

[u/Itsaghast → u/GunSlingingParrot25]

I bet they'd be incredible in a light sauce with wine with fresh pasta. I've never had the chance to cook with them but I've always wanted to.

[u/KindlyNebula → u/DoctorGregoryFart]

They’re delicious. I had no idea that you have to make sure they’re fully cooked:  raw or partially cooked morels may lead to varying degrees of gastrointestinal illness, or even death. 

[u/AjiChap]

Damn, nice little haul!

[u/kshump]

Lessls, now that you've picked a few.

[u/poissonperdu]

Me too! Was such a nice surprise.

[u/ilikemshrooms]

I like it!

[u/tac1214]

We found truffles(white) in our raised bed garden a few years ago. We harvested about an ounce over a few years.

[u/MindlessCabinet9647]

Well that is a positive turn in your favor;)

[u/JasonGD1982]

What's a morel?