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Aleuria aurantia ? or Caloscypha fulgens ??

on the ground

little bit dried up

can not tell greenish stains or not, cleary

Tiny tiny orange peel fungus are for まけまけいっぱい

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Sarcosphaera crassa
(crown fungus)





amethyst inside

w/ orange lip



like gemstones!






They are little bit different than ones in the strawberry peak (?)

This small meatball is so cute

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見返り美人

すごいの見つけちゃいましたわ！











There are lots of huge bumps around the tree

Amanita calptroderma (calyptrata)

Spring time
Coccora









known as edible and popular

Cross section of young specimen looks like bamboo root

Saute with butter

I prefer velosa than coccora based on the taste and the color

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Gyromitra gigas (montana) -california mountain snowmelt false morel

edible, they say, in SoCal











However ,there are some reports that people were poisoned by them recently

The active component is gyromitrin which cause liver damage
















Also gyromitrin is known as carcinogen, present in several members of the fungal genus Gyromitra, most notably the false morel G. esculenta






boiled em well and put em in Ramen















actually, gyromitra tastes way better than morel

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nom nom nom
 nom














we found fourty one morels in total

Morel-morel Ma-po Dou-fu

Mori-nu tofu is very good

boil morels aside




















cook together
















本日開店 NITA軒

enjo-y

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In the kitchen

donated morels













were transformed to creamy morel-morel sauce w/chicken

and w/ baked potato!

旨味!











Next morning, spinach morel-morel-morel omelette

Wonderful camping!  Thank you so much our great cheff Emily!

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Camping with members from LA and SD - it is very very fun

During the stay
we think about
only mushrooms


You can escape from reality!!!












First of all, it takes time to become 'morel eyes'

Pine cones look so similar to me

hide
and
seek












should have left these tiny ones on the soil - small ones are not so tasty anyway

This guy is huge and handsome

You can invite these two ladies to your dinner

We found 41 morels in total