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Morchella esculenta (commonly known as common morel, morel, yellow morel, true morel, morel mushroom, and sponge morel) is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae of the Ascomycota. It is one of the most readily recognized of all the edible mushrooms and highly sought after.
Morchella species have an ascocarp with a sponge-like pileus, with a hollow stipe and pileus. Verpa species have a cup-like or thimble-shaped, smooth or wrinkled pileus above a hollow stipe. Disciotis has a cup-like pileus with vein-like hymenial folds and a small or nonexistent stipe. [4] The ascospores are ellipsoid, smooth, and usually ...
(Morchella esculenta) In the spring, morel mushrooms can be found in Minnesota fields and forests. [22] They primarily grow in the southwest, northern, and middle parts of the state, [23] and are popular with gourmet cooks. [13] 1984 Photograph Grace: Grace depicts a man sitting "at a table bowed in thankful prayer before a modest meal."
The consumption of Morchella species can have adverse effects. In 2023, a Montana sushi restaurant serving them was linked to 51 people who experienced gastrointestinal illness, with two reported deaths and three other hospitalizations. [74] [75] The consumption of raw morels in particular is advised against. [76]
Minnesota was the first to declare a species; Morchella esculenta was chosen as its state mushroom in 1984, and codified into Statute in 2010. [1] Four other states, Missouri, Washington, Massachusetts, and New York [2] [3] [4] have had state mushrooms proposed.
In the Great Lakes region of eastern North America, the range of M. americana overlaps with M. ulmaria; the two species cannot be reliably distinguished without DNA sampling. [4] Other similar species include M. diminutiva, M. prava and others in the genus, in addition to Verpa bohemica and Gyromitra species. [1]
M. esculenta may refer to: Manihot esculenta , the cassava, yuca or manioc, a shrub species found in South America Morchella esculenta , the morel, yellow morel, common morel, true morel, morel mushroom or sponge morel, a mushroom species
Morchella andalusiae Clowez & L. Romero (2012) Morchella dunensis , the morel of the dunes , is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae ( Ascomycota ). It was first described as a form of Morchella esculenta by Castañera and colleagues in 1996, [ 1 ] but was later recombined as a distinct species by Clowez. [ 2 ]