I haven't ever gathered a false morel, but the identifying characteristics that I have read up on, for whatever it's worth, are that they are darker, often reddish or brownish, are not hollow inside like a true morel, and are more squashed or irregular shaped than the true morels.

Both grow on both sides of the mountains, so like with all mushroom gathering be sure of what you are taking, and triply sure of what you are eating...it's worked for me so far on the varieties I have managed to harvest...and at least from what I have seen and read these are one of the easiest mushrooms to identify.

Fish on...

Todd
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