Lots of wildlife is becoming seen in urban areas and I assume some plant life is literally popping up too. At least it is in the front yard of the Bukosky home.
Many of us like mushrooms. A steak dinner isn't complete without mushrooms sautéed in butter. Mushrooms added to tomato sauces adds to the flavor. A can of mushroom soup can be dumped on chicken, pork and even string beans and make a meal. Once at Capital Drive Airport we painted a mushroom on the vertical stabilizer of a Cessna 180 skydiver jump plane. It was funny at the time though I don't know why now. Once I even bought a grow at home mushroom kit. All I got from it were some tiny puff balls.
So I've established that I like mushrooms. Probably all of us have them popping up in our yards, often where there is some rotting wood under the ground from a tree. I've never been able to identify if any are edible so leave my mushroom picking to the buyers at the food stores and the Campbell company. There are stories from time to time though, about a special mushroom called a morel. It is distinctive in appearance. Check out this website. In spring people go hunting for them in the woods as they like damp shaded areas. In my geocaching travels I happened across hundreds of them spoiling in an area where few people ever go.
So yesterday when I was mowing my front lawn, I stopped to examine something sprouting from it. In several spots I had what appeared to be morels. I plucked on and examined it. There are what are called false morels. You can read about them on that website. These checked out and fit the description of the black morel, the choicest of the various kinds.
Am I going to sauté' them up and enjoy them? No. As the websites say, don't make any decisions to eat something based on their information and pictures. I strongly suggest the same to you. However, if you are a successful "Shroomer", I'd like to hear from you about them and if you've found some popping up in your yard.
