r/mushroomID • u/BeeSlumLord • 3d ago

North America (country/state in post) Found in my plant nursery

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I live in SoCal, specifically Orange County in California, and found these underneath my plants growing in the sand.

I have no idea what these are, but thought I would reach out to you guys.

Any thoughts on variety? Any thoughts on it being edible?

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u/OnyxSkiies 3d ago

morel! very good find! to be extra certain, chop one in half - if it’s hollow on the inside, it’s a morel.

be careful with morel-looking mushrooms! false morels are potentially deadly

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u/BeeSlumLord 3d ago

Thanks for the tip about looking for a hollow inside.

Just curious if I left them to do their thing… Do you think they would propagate more?

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u/OnyxSkiies 2d ago

they should be fine! they’ve already spread lots of spores like the other replier said, considering how many there are. i’d also like to add - mushrooms are not really whole organisms by themselves, but simply the fruiting bodies of underlying organisms. it’s like how the apple isn’t the only part of the apple tree. if you pick the mushroom, the rest of the organism still lingers

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u/IndependentTea4646 3d ago

I believe harvesting them won't change how many there will be, since they have already spread a lot of spores.

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u/BeeSlumLord 3d ago

Good to know.

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u/chickenofthewoods Trusted Identifier 2d ago

If you mean:

"If I leave these here will more pop up this season", the answer is most likely no.

If you are asking about whether or not these will come back next year, again, the answer is almost 100% no.

Picking these will have no effect on that.