Saturday, 25 June 2011

San Bernardino Mountains (5)

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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