Half-free Morel
(Morchella semilibera)
Half-free Morels
Half-free Morel
sculpture, acrylic paint
by "Wildman"

This morel has a conical cap 3/8 to 1-5/8 inches tall, and just as wide at its flaring base. Unlike other morels, only the top half of the cap attaches to the stalk, the rest hangs free.
Half-free Morel
Half-free Morel
photo by "Wildman"

Still, if you cut it lengthwise, a hollow cylinder extends from the top to the bottom of the mushroom.

The irregular longitudinal ribs are brown to blackish, the pits are beige.

The whitish, scruffy, faintly ribbed stalk is 3-1/4 to 4 inches long, 3/8 to 3/4 inches wide, with a thickened base.

This mushroom grows in open hardwood forests throughout North America in the spring.

Not as flavorful as other morel species, this one is still a good edible.

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