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CAN YOU TELL THESE APART?
Foragers pay fifty dollars a pound for one. The other causes organ failure
SAFE
true morel
Morchella esculenta
cap attached at base of stem, hollow from top to bottom
LETHAL
false morel
Gyromitra esculenta
brain-like wrinkled cap, not truly hollow, cap attached at top
How to tell them apart
Slice in half. Completely hollow = true morel. Cottony inside = false morel.
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