Gyromitra esculenta
(false morel)
©
Alfred Cook
(Photo ID #11320)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Steese Highway - Alaska
Photographer
Alfred Cook
Habitat
burn area
Photo Date
June 01, 2007
Upload Date
January 05, 2008
Elevation (m)
280
Latitude
Longitude
Photo ID #
11320
Comments
Although the species name esculenta indicates the species is edible, the species is poisonous to some people and even the fumes from cooking can cause death. See http://theforagerpress.com/fieldguide/gyromitra.htm. Photographed east of Central, Alaska on a burned hilside near a thaw lake south of the Steese highway (mile 134).