Morchella esculentoides
| Morchella esculentoides | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Morchellaceae |
| Genus: | Morchella |
| Species: | M. esculentoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Morchella esculentoides M.Kuo, Dewsbury, Moncalvo & S.L.Stephenson (2012) | |
Morchella esculentoides is a species of fungus in the Morchellaceae family native to North America. Described as new to science in 2012, it is common east of the Rocky Mountains in a range stretching from Ontario south to Texas, Arkansas and South Carolina. In western North America, the species typically is found under hardwood trees in river bottoms, or with apple trees or ornamental ashes in urban settings. The specific epithet esculentoides refers to its resemblance to the prototypical morel species Morchella esculenta of Europe.[1]
In the Great Lakes region of eastern North America, the range of M. esculentoides overlaps with M. cryptica, which cannot be reliably distinguished from M. esculentoides without DNA sampling.[1]
M. esculentoides, identified as pylogenetic species "Mes-4", has also been found in Turkey, France, and Germany, but is suspected of having been introduced there from North America.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kuo M, Dewsbury DR, O'Donnell K, Carter MC, Rehner SA, Moore JD, Moncalvo J-M, Canfield SA, Stephenson SL, Methven AS, Volk TJ. (11 April 2012). "Taxonomic revision of true morels (Morchella) in Canada and the United States". Mycologia. doi:10.3852/11-375.
- ↑ Taşkın, H., Büyükalaca, S., Hansen, K. and O’Donnell, K. (March/April 2012). "Multilocus phylogenetics analysis of true morels (Morchella) reveals high levels of endemics in Turkey relative to other regions of Europe". Mycologia 104 (2): 446–461. doi:10.3852/11-180. PMID 22123659.