Gathered a week or two ago on a walk around our place. I've no idea what any of them are, although apparently the color derived from spre prints helps in identification. Stems were cut off and caps placed on paper:
Only a few of them left prints behind:
Each one
so
lovely.
Another done with only one cap, moved several times over the course of about 12 to 24 hours:
This one was spotted on a branch at about my eye level, around 5 feet plus a few inches. I've heard it said that squirrels stash them there to dry, and that the height they are left at indicates how much snow there will be next winter!
The morels we dried left their own prints on the drying screens.
And their prints only showed up when we placed them on black paper, not white.
I'm pretty sure we found this a lot more fun and interesting than the boys did.
