Would assume them to be overripe specimens of Lactarius indigo. But don't hold me to it if you intend to consume them!!

Wow! That was quick.

I'm too cautious to eat things from my woods.

I'm too cautious to eat things from my woods

==>>> GOOD!!!! .... join a local shroom hunting club.. if you are interested ... just dont rely on strangers from the web ...

my local library has contact with such a group ... as would the local arboretum ... just as suggestions how to find a group ...

ken

I ate a whole False Morel mushroom last year and suffered every symptom listed on the Internet except death. My wife and a friend were ready to take me to the hospital. What could the Docs do, pump my stomach? Believe me, it was already empty.... and so were my bowels. Hey it 'sorta' looked like a Morel!

I don't see how anyone could mistake a false morel for a real one. Very, very foolish.

Mike, Mike, Mike!! Be careful, please ;-))

Dunno rhizo.......they look superficially similar to me. And if you didn't have a real morel close by to compare, I could see how mistakes would happen!!

Personally, while this is a major mushroom producing region - morels and chantrelles in particular - if it doesn't come from the grocery store or served by a restaurant, it doesn't get eaten by me! My dad could pick 'em and he was never fooled but I never ate any that he had gathered either :-)

I don't eat any mushrooms I find now.

This mushroom foraging is reminiscent of the scene in Elvira Madigan...

Those are beautiful - colors remind me of blue & white porcelain.