Morchella
Morchella, the true morels, is a genus of edible mushrooms closely related to the cup fungi. These appear honeycomb-like in that the upper portion is composed of a network of ridges with pits between them.
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| Morchella conica, a black morel, in Poland | |
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| Genus: | Morchella Dill. ex Pers. (1794)
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| Morchella esculenta (L.) Pers. (1801)
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China produces cultivated morels.[1]
Morels are the state mushroom of Minnesota, USA. [2]
Morchella Media
Yellow morels in West Virginia, USA
Longneck morel in Indiana, USA
Black morel in Washington (state), USA
Yellow morels in France
Black morels in British Columbia, Canada
Morel in a house garden in Ben Shemen, Israel
A white morel (Morchella americana) growing in mossy soil on the bank of the Grand River.
Morchella esculenta
References
Other websites
Media related to Morchella at Wikimedia Commons
- MushroomExpert.com's Morel section
- Healing-mushrooms.net's Morel page
- Morel Satisfaction: Stalking the Wild Mushroom from National Public Radio
- Morel Mushroom Discussion Forum Archived 2011-03-03 at the Wayback Machine