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Snow morel is a common name for Gyromitra gigas, a large false morel and ascomycete fungus of the Northern Hemisphere. It fruits in spring, often in mountain or northern conifer forests near melting snow, and has a bulky, irregularly folded cap above a stout pale stem. The species is associated with...
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False morel requiring careful preparation; toxin concerns and inconsistent guidance outweigh any culinary appeal.
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Gyromitra esculenta, the false morel, is a toxic European ascomycete containing gyromitrin, which metabolizes to the poison monomethylhydrazine and has caused human fatalities, particularly in Scandinavia.
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