Morchella exuberans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Pezizomycetes |
Order: | Pezizales |
Family: | Morchellaceae |
Genus: | Morchella |
Species: | M. exuberans |
Binomial name | |
Morchella exuberans Clowez, Hugh Sm. & S. Sm. (2012) | |
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Morchella exuberans is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae (Ascomycota). It was described as new to science in a 2012 study by Clowez [1] [2] and corresponds to phylogenetic lineage Mel-9. [3] Morchella capitata , described by Kuo and colleagues later in the same year, is a synonym of this taxon. [4]
Morchella exuberans is a fire-associated morel, growing the first or second spring following a forest fire. It has so far been reported from North America, [4] Turkey, [5] Sweden, [5] China [6] and Cyprus. [7] Among some of the striking features of this species, are the capitate acroparaphyses on the sterile ridges of its cap, and the chambered stem. [4]