The morels are among the best of the fungi to eat. Botanically they are not close to the toadstools. They may be called the tripe-like fungus, and the honeycomb runs into the covering. Hunt for them in the spring and early summer in the woodland that has been burned over. The stalk is white and granular. Truffles, the great delicacy of the fungi of Europe, are not found in the United States, at least not the prize ones. They are like small potatoes, and are hunted by trained dogs and pigs, and dug out of the ground. If found with us it will probably be on calcareous soil among hills covered with oak-trees.