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The specific epithet is derived from the Latin esculenta, meaning "edible". The scientific name Morchella esculenta has been applied to many similar yellow morels throughout the world. In 2014 Richard et al. used DNA analysis to restrict the M. esculenta name to a single species of yellow morel commonly found in Europe and also reported from ...
Morchella semilibera in Indiana, US. Certain Morchella species (M. eximia, M. importuna, M. tomentosa and others) exhibit a pyrophilic behaviour and may grow abundantly in forests which have been recently burned by a fire. [68] [69] Moderate-intensity fires are reported to produce higher abundances of morels than low- or high-intensity fires. [48]
The cone-shaped cap is rounded or pointed, about 3–10 centimetres (1–4 inches) tall with a honeycomb-like network of ridged openings. The whitish stipe is shorter than the cap, sometimes bulbous, wrinkled and/or stained yellow, and hollow.
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.
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
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Morchella dunensis, the morel of the dunes, is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae . 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 ]
Morchella vulgaris is a widespread fungus of the family Morchellaceae . It was originally described in 1801 as a form of the common yellow morel ( Morchella esculenta ) by mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon , but was later recombined as a distinct species by Samuel Gray .