Behold Gyromitra, scourge of the morel hunter, the terror of Spring! I can still remember the first time I saw one, I felt insulted. I knew they were deadly from seeing a picture of them with a skull and crossbones in a guide, even seeing them was scary. They were some sort of desecration of…
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Baptisia, A Wild Asparagus Look-Alike
I was up early hunting morels at a spot I have that’s open and next to water, a beautiful oak savannah with the occasional elm here and there. Before I could grab my first morel another plant got my attention-slender shoots of some pretty wild asparagus, green and mottled with purple. Seeing asparagus in different…