Morel Twins
by Cheryl Baxter
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Morel Twins
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Cheryl Baxter
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Photograph - Photography
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I have yet to enjoy a Morel until I found these beauties in my yard at the end of May. I fried them up with a bit of butter and garlic, and seriously aside for the appearance of it, it was one of the MOST DELICIOUS mushrooms I have ever eaten!
he fruit bodies of the Morchella are highly polymorphic in appearance, exhibiting variations in shape, color and size; this has contributed to uncertainties regarding taxonomy.[1] Discriminating between the various species is complicated by uncertainty regarding which species are truly biologically distinct. Some authors suggest that the genus only contains as few as 3 to 6 species,[2][3] while others place up to 50 species in the genus.[4][5] Mushroom hunters refer to them by their color (e.g., gray, yellow, black) as the species are very similar in appearance and vary considerably within species and age of individual. The best known morels are the "yellow morel" or "common morel" (M. esculenta); the "white morel" (M. deliciosa); and the "black morel" (M. elata). Other species of true morels include M. conica, M. vulgaris, and the half-free morel (M. semilibera).
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June 12th, 2013
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