Beefsteak mushrooms are pretty common in Michigan, and not really what I would call a false morel, as they aren't very similar (I'm sure they do get called that

Beefsteak mushrooms are pretty common in Michigan, and not really what I would call a false morel, as they aren't very similar (I'm sure they do get called that though). I always referred to Verpa as false morels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verpa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verpa