Morchella punctipes

Morchella punctipes
In North Carolina, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Morchellaceae
Genus: Morchella
Species: M. punctipes
Binomial name
Morchella punctipes
Peck (1903)

Morchella punctipes is a species of fungus in the Morchellaceae family native to North America. First described scientifically by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1903,[1] it is widely distributed east of the Rocky Mountains.[2]

Morchella punctipes is one of three species of fungi commonly referred to as half-free morels, the others being Morchella populiphila in western North America and Morchella semilibera in Europe.[2]

References

  1. Peck CH. (1903). "New species of fungi". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 30: 95–101. doi:10.2307/2478879.
  2. 1 2 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 104 (5): 1159–77. doi:10.3852/11-375. PMID 22495449.

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