western australia

A determined little plant

@JudyEv (381760)

Rockingham, Australia

October 17, 2021 8:09pm CST

The power of tiny plants never ceases to amaze me. I wrote recently about finding morel fungi in the mulch in our garden. Yesterday, I spotted this little morel growing up between the paving slabs at the side of the house. I guess the spore got there somehow and now it has established its own little place in the world. We have left all the morels to their own devices and hope that we might have more next year so we can try them for taste. And we delight in asking people if they have morels. And saying that we have. It's a play on words for those for whom English is a second language. I presume morals and morels are pronounced the same.

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@rebelann (117196)

• El Paso, Texas

18 Oct 21

You always come up with something I have to look up in a dictionary. I love mushrooms but how can you tell if it's not poisonous?

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

18 Oct 21

Honestly, you should always get someone who has experience on edible fungi to look at what you've found and ask them if it's poisonous or not. (I've picked morels lots of times and what Judy has shown us are edible.)

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 21

We would have it checked out but enough people have told us about them for us to think they are okay.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 21

@DaddyEvil Good advice Daddy Evil and, although we've been told they're the real McCoy, we'd still get it checked out somewhere.

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@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

18 Oct 21

I've noticed fungi growing between our brick paving too. I guess the main part (the mycelium) spreads over a large area underground but of course we only see the fruiting bodies which are just a tiny bit.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 21

They do well, don't they, to find that little bit of dirt in which to grow. I loved this one which even managed to have a flower.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 21

@Fleura My brother's paving has a green tinge all over it and if he doesn't do something soon the area will look more like a lawn than paving.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Nov 21

@Melanie_Marie Thanks

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@Nawsheen (28761)

• Mauritius

18 Oct 21

I have never seen these before. Is the taste similar to mushrooms?

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@Nawsheen (28761)

• Mauritius

19 Oct 21

@JudyEv you will get to taste some soon :)

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

18 Oct 21

Yes, that's what they taste like. YUM!

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 21

I haven't ever had any but everyone says they're delicious.

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@jstory07 (148701)

• Roseburg, Oregon

18 Oct 21

I wonder what it tastes like.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 21

They are supposed to taste really good. Hopefully we'll find out next season.

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@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

18 Oct 21

Are those edible morels? They are so expensive, I love them but I never buy because of the price. Morchelle is their name in Italian and Morilles in French.

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@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

19 Oct 21

@JudyEv Correct, we buy them dried, you keep in warm water a few hours to re-hydrate. We also buy dried porcini, that are also very good mushrooms.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 21

@LadyDuck Unless they are really, REALLY expensive, I will have to buy a few just to try them.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 21

I'm sure they are but we would have them checked. There is a Swiss couple who ride endurance and they told us what they were. They buy them dried apparently. I must research it one day - if I can buy them here.

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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)

• United States

18 Oct 21

You’ll have to let us know what it tastes like.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 21

I will be sure to when we eventually try them.

@kareng (80243)

• United States

18 Oct 21

I see a new morel garden in your future!

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 21

Wouldn't that be something? I'm looking forward to trying them one day.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

19 Oct 21

@JudyEv Do you know how long it will take for them to reach maturity?

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 21

@kareng I think you can pick them at any stage. It's a good question but I don't really have an answer.

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@epiffanie (11325)

• Australia

18 Oct 21

First time I heard of morels..

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@epiffanie (11325)

• Australia

22 Oct 21

@JudyEv Oh really?..How does one know if what they found is edible?

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 21

Apparently they are very tasty but most found by foraging. Not easy to grow for marketing.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Oct 21

@epiffanie We would have them checked out somewhere as we don't know enough about them.

@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

18 Oct 21

I love them. You can pick them. Shake them real good where they are and that will drop spores back down for next year.

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@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

18 Oct 21

@JudyEv But they dont seem too for the most part

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 21

@wolfgirl569 That's good to know.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 21

They look like they could collect a lot of grit.

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@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

18 Oct 21

And yes of course that raises the question - are fungi plants?

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 21

I would have thought that in the big broad scale they are. When you get down to plants and animals but I could well be wrong.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

19 Oct 21

I've never heard of morels. I'm glad to know they're a fruit of some kind. Yes, they are pronounced the same.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

21 Oct 21

@JudyEv I hope you do.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Oct 21

Hopefully we'll have more next year.

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@franxav (14588)

• India

18 Oct 21

When quite many people are losing their morals, it is good to see some morels around us.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 21

We can say that we very definitely have morals because we can see them.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

18 Oct 21

We should all be like this plant. No matter what, keep going!

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 21

There is an old song that pushes this too - High Hopes. I think Frank Sinatra sang it.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

19 Oct 21

@JudyEv You are correct.

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@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

18 Oct 21

that is so cool - i've only had morel's a couple of times, they are truly amazing in flavor!

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 21

That's what we keep hearing. Hopefully we'll have more next year and will be able to try them.

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@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

18 Oct 21

@JudyEv i think you will love them!

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@wilsongoddard (7291)

• United States

18 Oct 21

I have no morels. Scruples? Maybe. Morels? No.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 21

Haha - fair enough.

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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)

• China

24 Oct 21

Morels are rich in amino acids and organic germanium?

@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Oct 21

That could well be so. I'm looking forward to trying them one day.

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@RebeccasFarm (91299)

• United States

18 Oct 21

Now look at that

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@RebeccasFarm (91299)

• United States

19 Oct 21

@JudyEv Oh yes, the poor little thing lol

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 21

Now I've noticed it, I'm very careful to walk around it and not squash it.

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@marlina (154103)

• Canada

19 Oct 21

Something desperately wants to live!

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Oct 21

Yes, it's trying hard.

@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

18 Oct 21

I pronounce them a tad differently and therefore didn't catch your play on words until reading on. 8 don't like mushrooms but I know someone that goes morel picking every spring.

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@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

20 Oct 21

@JudyEv I've never heard of them being in stores either.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 21

It seems they should be pronounced differently. I don't think they are readily available in the stores as they aren't easy to cultivate.

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