Is this a morel?

[Dsnow9]

I was just going out to harvest that garden as much as possible before it snows and drops below freezing. On the way out the the garden I found this guy in the yard. Any mushroom experts out there?

 

[Dave N]

Sure looks like one from here.

 

[JLS]

Yep. Nope.

 

[mdeerjunkie]

Yes, although I’ve never seen any in CO

 

[fulldraw]

Looks like one to me.

 

[Dsnow9]

Yes, although I’ve never seen any in CO

Westminster city limits...

 

[Scott85]

Looks like a white morel.

 

[geetar]

I found my first one at my house this year. I realized what it was just as the weed eater hit it. Too late

 

[mdeerjunkie]

Westminster city limits...

That’sa cool find!

 

[SaskHunter]

Try it and let us know?

 

[jvanhoy]

Make sure it is hollow inside. If it’s solid it’s what they call a false morel.

 

[SG25]

Looks like it

 

[NoWiser]

That’s a stinkhorn. Take a whiff. Definitely not a morel.

 

[GrantK]

Looks like a false morel to me, stem is long and connects to the cap wrong? As said above cut it in half, morels are hollow, the stems of false morels are not.

 

[LuketheDog]

I was just going out to harvest that garden as much as possible before it snows and drops below freezing. On the way out the the garden I found this guy in the yard. Any mushroom experts out there?View attachment 153148View attachment 153149

Pretty sure that's a stinkhorn, NOT a morel! Does it smell like death/BO? I hear they're not toxic but I sure as heck wouldn't eat it. I got all excited when those popped up in my lawn in Littleton when I lived there, thought they were morels too...

 

[3855WIN]

Is there supposed to be a morel to the story?

 

[44hunter45]

Slice it lengthwise. It should look like this.

 

[Dsnow9]

Update... I was late to the game and the critters got it but it is hollow so looks like morel. And looks like I have a giant one on the way!

 

[Dave N]

I didn't know they grew this time of year.

 

[westbranch]

Look at how the cap is not connected to the stem. Not a morel. The new one growing also does not look like a young morel.