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Morel
Morchella esculenta
The honeycomb cap of spring woods — a culinary prize whose lookalikes hospitalize people.
Flavor
Deep, nutty, almost meat-stock when cooked in butter. Raw is not a flavor to seek.
Symptoms
fatigue, low appetite
In favor
One of the great edible fungi
Days to harvest
Outdoor beds: months to years, if at all. Wild flushes are a weather window, not a calendar crop
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