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18 Records
Status
Morel taxonomy is complex and in flux. It is now thought that the most common black morel in the eastern United States is Morchella angusticeps. In the past, it may have been called M. elata, a species now thought to be restricted to Europe.
Description
Found solitary, scattered, or in groups on ground in spring, usually under hardwoods. Often appear prior to M. americana (Yellow Morel).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Morchella angusticeps | |
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| a black morel in Ohio, USA | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Morchellaceae |
| Genus: | Morchella |
| Species: | M. angusticeps
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| Binomial name | |
| Morchella angusticeps Peck (1879)
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Morchella angusticeps is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae native to eastern North America. Described by Charles Horton Peck in 1879,[1] the name M. angusticeps was clarified in 2012 prior to which this species may have been referred to as either M. angusticeps or M. elata. M. angusticeps is one of the black morels, and is found in eastern North America, where it occurs in association with various hardwoods in the spring.[2]
A similar, although smaller, black morel occurs in northeastern North America, M. septentrionalis.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Peck CH. (1879). "Report of the Botanist (1878)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 32: 44.
- ^ a b Kuo M, Dewsbury DR, O'Donnell K, Carter MC, Rehner SA, Moore JD, Moncalvo JM, Canfield SA, Stephenson SL, Methven AS, Volk TJ (11 April 2012). "Taxonomic revision of true morels (Morchella) in Canada and the United States". Mycologia. 104 (5): 1159–77. doi:10.3852/11-375. PMID 22495449. S2CID 45219627.
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