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Can anyone identify these huge crinkly mushrooms which have popped up among my peas? ??? ??? ???

Looks like morels to me, I'd get an expert opinion before tasting though

http://thegreatmorel.com/index.shtml

One wild morel risotto coming up.........drool :P

http://morels-n-more.freeservers.com/

Oooh I do hope you're right - I love morels! :P ::)

Wow, lucky you! Apparently they often pop up in flower beds...  :)

I wish they'd pick my plot to grow on!

QuoteApparently they often pop up in flower beds

Not in mine :'(

you lucky so and so

If you like them then look up and down wind of their position and you may find more.

I presume this is a good argument for implementing the no-dig philosophy?

Wow- Your REALLY lucky, I've not found a single morel yet this season!!!!!


Enjoy

So these are probably morels :P?
Will try one and see!
How would they have arrived I wonder - on the wind, in compost?

Quote from: amphibian on April 27, 2006, 18:36:02
If you like them then look up and down wind of their position and you may find more.

thanks for the tip, will go on shroom hunt to leeward tomorrow :)

Quote from: Curry on April 27, 2006, 19:37:11
I presume this is a good argument for implementing the no-dig philosophy?

It certainly is now ;D

I think fungi in cultivated beds is becomming more common because of the use of wood and bark chips as a mulch,I saw a bit on the telly a while back about mushroom hunters going round Municple Plantings on roundabouts!

errrr prehaps send me one to check that it is actually a morel ?

When I first had my plot, I was digging in very large quantities of dead leaves for a couple of years, till I discovered that they disappear faster if I put them on the surface. I had large numbers of fungi coming up both autumns.

The two largest (one is the size of my fist :o) are now hung on a string to dry, having been vetted by a knowledgeable chum (i.e. they passed the sniff test). They may have arrived in woodchip horse manure which has been 'lasagned' on top of the beds.

Thank you for all the advice, the patch is marked DO NOT DISTURB as a perennial bed now :) :) :)

Quote from: carloso on April 29, 2006, 08:14:40
errrr prehaps send me one to check that it is actually a morel ?

lol@carloso just the one? ;)