Toxic Spring Fungi

Warning if you happen to see any of these fungi please DO NOT TOUCH they maybe very toxic . Write down the location and contact me. I will come and remove them for you hehehe. Just kidding it won't be to long before these little devils start popping up again . Who hunts them with any success ? would you care to share any tips ?


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[This message has been edited by sportsmaster (edited 01-28-2001).]

[Recurve]

Sportsmaster, You are right! Those look like the very poisoness 'False Morels' Don't eat them. Just send to me for proper gastrointestinal disposal. ;) Seriously though, you did better than I did last year. You are the one that should be giving tips. Did you get those in Michigan? I didn't think they grew in Ohio. ;)

every year we get them like that here in ohio
i have this fella down here tutoring me on how to find them and HE always does :))
and his methods seem to work :)
just hoping more people would share there ideas :)

[Jackone]

OHHHH NOOO you don't. I'll remove them myself, if you don't mind. I got a sure fire way to take the poision out of them. It's called a hot frypan with butter. LOL :D

[msiebers]

Looks like a nice batch growing under those May Apples there sportsmaster, but uhhh isnt that poison ivy right along next to them :eek:
Looks like the poison fungi isnt the only thing poisonous in that first photo.:LOL!!!

[This message has been edited by msiebers (edited 01-28-2001).]

Is that really Poison IVY i never get it and don't pay any attention to it. I do know leaves of Three leave it be . My wife didn't get poison ivy three either. We find a lot of mushrooms while riding our horses though :))

[o town]

When I was a kid growing up in Ohio, the annual morel expedition to Black Lake was really great and friends and family gathered, hunted and partied.
Sage advice learned over the years; "Peak season is 5 days before or after May 17th."
Also I always tagged along w/ Grandpa Garrison as he was the best finder. He hunted around ash trees only. We found the black or dark gray sponges there.(not spikes) He would walk and look off through the woods until he spotted an ash tree and then walk to it. It was almost magical when we got there and found the mushrooms clustered around it. If I remember right, ash are the last to bud out in the spring and he only hunted them when their new leaves were 'big as a mouse's ear.'
Anyone who gets a surplus this spring can sure as heck ship 'em on down. I'll happily pay the charges. Come to think of it, there probably isn't such a thing as a surplus of morels. Good luck guys and gals.
o town