Nevada, Missouri: Giant Morel Mushroom
30 feet tall, used to light up at night. Looks like a giant's hat from a bad sword and sorcery film.
- Address:
- 12030 S. 1600 Rd, Nevada, MO
- Directions:
- North of town. Visible from northbound I-49, but to get up close safely, take I-49 exit 107. Drive east on Hwy M. Take the first right onto Old US-71 and follow it south for a half-mile. You'll see the mushroom on the right.
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Yup, only two smiley faces.
[Sookie1958, 04/09/2021]
This mushroom lives on an island guarded by cranes, from what we could see when we pulled up from behind on CR M. Gotta love large tributes to fungi.
[L. V., 10/26/2016]We drove by earlier this week, and while the morel mushroom can still be seen from the highway, it is becoming quickly overgrown by foliage. I can only guess that since the sign with the web address has been removed that the business is defunct and the giant mushroom is no longer being maintained.
[Kara Foster, 08/24/2015]You need to go past Hwy 71 north past Nevada, MO. Turn East on right on Hwy M and take diary right. Follow around to the back of the mushroom.
[Rachel Lynn Foley, 10/04/2010]
Just a few miles north of Nevada MO on Hwy 71 is a giant Morel Mushroom! I guess they grow and sell morel mushrooms there. I live pretty close by.
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The mushroom is 30 ft. tall. Can't say we care for that honking big web URL sign. That's a bad precedent for giant food (or any) statues. Makes this mushroom, if not poisonous, much less delectable as a photo op! Note: It lights up at night -- and so does the web sign. June 2014: The web address sign has been removed!