The Great Morel received an interesting and somewhat bizarre e-mail the other day and thought it was worth sharing to see what others thought.
This from Reggie:
I just wanted to inform people about something not many know. A lot of people wont believe this as I didn't believe it when I was told about it either. If you hang morels on a string to dry above your bed. When they start to dry and release spores over you while you're asleep. It makes you have incredibly realistic vivid dreams. I found the older large mushrooms work a lot better than small fresh ones. All I can say is believe it or not try it. It takes a few days for it to start and lasts about a week (Caution) You never know what the dreams will be. For about a week the dreams were all great. I could hardly wait to go to sleep. Then one night I woke up about 3:30 am wringing wet with sweat and tore them all down. The nightmares are just as realistic as the good dreams
The Great Morel responded with:
Can't say that The Great Morel has heard this one in all years of The Great Morel's existence. However, many others have had what The Great Morel refers to as (for lack of a better description) "pre-sleep dreams". They usually occur after the first successful forage. Just before falling asleep one will get see morel images that seem so real, yet you are in a dream state while not totally asleep.
What causes this is beyond me other then the possibility of intense concentration while foraging that causes some psycological imbalance in the initial sleep cycle.
Bizarre? Yeah, about as bizarre as what you just wrote.
Anyone have anything to add?
The Great Morel
