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...South Carolina. The sport is often known as "rooming" or "shrooming"; one ace picker is Jim Goodwin, 45, a construction worker from West Liberty, Ohio, who snapped up 150 morels in a few hours. A novice might be wary of the poisonous cap. However, experts say that Morchella esculenta or the five or six other varieties of the most sought after morels can be clearly identified by their pitted, spongy caps and attached hollow stems. Chilly weather this spring has driven morel prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A Boom in Mushrooms | 5/30/1983 | See Source »

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