Morels

Morel

Morchella esculenta

LC Least concern Edible 3 images
Taste rating

Characteristics

- Cap round to egg-shaped with irregular pits, yellow-brown to honey-yellow.
- Cap and stem hollow.
- Stem white to yellowish-white.

Ecology

Occurs mainly in the southern Nordic region in grassland and open deciduous woodland on calcareous soil, from late spring to early summer.

Notes

All morels are considered edible, but a few milder poisoning cases are known. In many of the cases, large quantities were eaten, and they may also have been insufficiently heated or cooked for too short a time. Morels should always be cooked with heating for at least 15 minutes, and you should never eat large quantities.

Similar species

Morchella conica is similar but has a darker cap and a pointed cap shape, edible.
Gyromitra esculenta has a brain-like convoluted cap, poisonous.