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Some stinkhorns also appear to have true pits and ridges, but are also non-toxic and pretty easy to tell apart. folds/convoluted caps to separate most morels from anything else with the exception of Verpa which will have folds, but look much more like a typical morel than any Gyromitra and will also have “cottony” filled stipes. They happen to also be hollow (their caps are noticeably different looking and attach differently so they are pretty easy to tell apart when you familiarize yourself with them) which sadly also means the “hollow” rule doesn’t actually do anything to protect anyone. The only dangerously toxic potential look alikes for morels are in Gyromitra esculenta group. More recently published guides are also starting to label them edible again. So really Verpa should be considered morels and are best labeled “early or thimble morels” like they had been before the 70s and also still are in non-English countries. The rare neurological symptoms attributed to them have also been shown to be caused by Morchella.Īnd as you can see here Morchella cause issues far more often than Verpa (probably partially because they are eaten less) but importantly with the exact same symptoms. As it turns out Verpa happen to be in the Morchellaceae with Morchella and are equally edible/absent gyromitrin. The rest of the world on the other hand continued to call Verpa morels and eat them/sell them commercially. Everyone ran with the fear and recommended against them, but only in English speaking countries where the book was published (America originally). The sad thing is the only reason people wanted to separate them and started calling Verpa “false morels” is because a book in the 70s (Toxic and Hallucinogenic Mushroom Poisoning) mentioned they MIGHT contain gyromitrin with no real evidence they did, just pondering the possibility.

So the “hollow” rule for morels originated to separate Verpa from Morchella. Cross sections of mushrooms within the Family Morchellaceae Verpa and False morel info: So with the season taking off here’s almost everything you need to know about morels and any of their potential look alikes. The seasonal morel season has begun.Įveryone gets excited when the year round Morchella rufobrunnea gets posted, but as of February 19th, I’ve seen the first confirmed seasonal section Morchella from Georgia and section Distantes from California. He generously wrote this amazing guide to the Morels of North America, and kindly allowed us to share his work here. WMMA Member Britain Morin knows his mushrooms! He is a staple in mushroom identification groups online, and has helped countless people figure out what mushroom they’ve found through various online mushroom communities.