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morchelle

morel mushrooms

Morchella esculenta. Morels are prized in Italy as everywhere else, and just as hard to find. Often they are called spugnole or morchille.

false spugnole: verpa bohemica, the 'false morel', is a lookalike, but insipid.

Mushrooms & Truffles

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

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