Monday, May 11th, 2009
Photo by Janie Southard/The Daily Standard

Some call this a half-free morel mushroom. It is edible and found locally. Many people are looking for wild mushrooms now.

Related online story:
There are more than 2,000 types of wild mushrooms in Ohio. Some are poison. Some aren't, and those are the ones that get people of all ages out in early spring searching for morchella, otherwise known as morel or sponge mushrooms. [More]
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