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e the fruiting season of the morel is short, they could 
be collected and dried for future use, thus making use of the 
excess Crop. In Europe they are often strung and hung in 
festoons in the houses, much the same method as used in drying 
apples in early days. 
All of the species of Morchella are edible, not one of them 
having even been under suspicion, so that it is not necessary 
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the stevie being essential, since they are rather inclined to 
toughness. 
The species of Helvella which differ from Morchella in that 
the cap is smooth or folded into brain-like convolutions are also 
dible although some of them are under suspicion and are thought 
Na be slightly LS raasen when old, and should therefore be 
ndled with a little aution 
te e true cup-fungi are on Gequendy used as food than the 
morels. While most, if not all, of the species are edible, many of 
plants may be experimented with without especial danger. 
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