Morchella septimelata
| Morchella septimelata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Morchellaceae |
| Genus: | Morchella |
| Species: | M. septimelata |
| Binomial name | |
| Morchella septimelata M.Kuo (2012) | |
Morchella septimelata is a species of fungus in the Morchellaceae family described as new to science in 2012. Occurring in western North America, it has been collected from British Columbia, Montana and Oregon, where it fruits at elevations of 1,000 to 2,000 m (3,300 to 6,600 ft) in coniferous forests in years following slight to moderate burning.[1]
Morchella septimelata is one of four species of wildfire-adapted morel in western North America, the others being M. capitata, M. sextelata, and M. tomentosa. M. septimelata cannot be reliably distinguished from M. sextelata without the use of DNA analysis.[1] M. septimelata, identified as phylogenetic species "Mel-7", has also been found in Turkey[2] and China,[3] but it remains unclear whether dispersal between these distant locations occurred naturally or through accidental introduction by humans.[3]
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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Du, X.-H., Zhao, Q., O’Donnell, K., Rooney, A. P. and Yang, Z. L. (2012). "Multigene molecular phylogenetics reveals true morels (Morchella) are especially species-rich in China". Fungal Genetics and Biology. doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2012.03.006.