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Gyromitra esculenta, a false morel. When gathering morels for mushrooms, care must be taken to distinguish them from potentially poisonous lookalikes. While a great many morel lookalikes, and even morels themselves are toxic or cause gastrointestinal upset when consumed raw, some, such as Gyromitra esculenta remain toxic even after conventional cooking methods.
Symptoms include gastrointestinal upset and lack of muscular coordination, similar to the effects reported by some individuals after consuming the false morel species Gyromitra esculenta. [19] The responsible toxin in G. esculenta is gyromitrin ; it was suspected that V. bohemica may be able to synthesize low levels of the toxin, [ 44 ] but ...
Gyromitra esculenta is a member of a group of fungi known as "false morels", so named for their resemblance to the highly regarded true morels of the genus Morchella. The grouping includes other species of the genus Gyromitra , such as G. infula (elfin saddle), G. caroliniana and G. gigas (snow morel).
Mushroom collectors are famously protective of their hunting sites. Beyond their deliciousness, morels are also notoriously elusive, and expensive.
No matter how experienced you are, if you aren’t 100% sure of a mushroom’s identification, don’t eat it.
Morchella esculenta is commonly known by various names: morel, common morel, true morel, morel mushroom, yellow morel, sponge morel, [15] Molly Moocher, haystack, and dryland fish. [2] In Nepal it is known as Guchi chyau. [16] The specific epithet is derived from the Latin esculenta, meaning "edible".
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Discina gigas, commonly known as the snow mushroom, snowbank false morel, walnut, [5] giants false morel, [6] [7] [8] snow morel, snow false morel, calf brain, or bull nose, is a species of fungus and a member of the Ascomycota found in Europe.