[Mycology] Re: Help with ID

[kilgoretrout]

On Apr 23, 7:12�pm, Joe Skulan <jlsku... from geology.wisc.edu> wrote:
> Can anyone help identify these mushrooms? They were collected
> recently in a mixed forest in the Kaluga region of Russia, about 100
> miles south of Moscow. They look like some kind of Gyromitra, but I
> unfortunately know no more about them than what is visible in the
> photo:
>
> http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w202/jlskulan/mushrooms.jpg
>
> Thank you,
>
> Joe Skulan


Joe,
Those look like false morels. Although some parboil and eat them, you
should not. Ever. False morels contain monomethyl hydrazine. Similar
to rocket fuel. It can kill you. Do not eat!