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true morels
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true morels

Morchella

Morchella, the true morels, is a genus of edible sac fungi closely related to anatomically simpler cup fungi in the order Pezizales (division Ascomycota). These distinctive fungi have a honeycomb appearance, due to the network of ridges with pits composing their cap. Morels are prized by gourmet cooks, particularly in French cuisine. Due to difficulties in cultivation, commercial harvesting of wild morels has become a multimillion-dollar industry in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in particular North America,...

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Yellow Morels

sectionMorchella

Black Morels

sectionDistantes

Rufobrunnea Clade

sectionRufobrunnea

Morchella herediana

speciesMorchella herediana

Morchella guatemalensis

speciesMorchella guatemalensis

Morchella sp. 'septimelata-PNW04'

speciesMorchella sp. 'septimelata-PNW04'

Morchella anteridiformis

speciesMorchella anteridiformis

Morchella tasmanica

speciesMorchella tasmanica

Morchella sp. 'PNW07'

speciesMorchella sp. 'PNW07'

Morchella patula

speciesMorchella patula

Morchella miyabeana

speciesMorchella miyabeana

Morchella sp. 'importuna-PNW01'

speciesMorchella sp. 'importuna-PNW01'

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

true morels in Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.426

true morels in Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.217

true morels in Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.218

true morels in Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2

Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2

Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.215

true morels in New Genera of Plants

New Genera of Plants

Pier Antonio Micheli · 1729 · p.433

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56830.