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Morchella semilibera, commonly called the half-free morel, is an edible species of fungus [1] in the family Morchellaceae native to Europe and Asia. [2] [3] [4]DNA analysis has shown that the half-free morels, which appear nearly identical on a macroscopic scale, are a cryptic species complex, consisting of at least three geographically isolated species. [5]
M. punctipes is similar to G. gigas and M. rimosipes, but unlike the two, its cap is freely attached to the stipe. [2] M. punctipes is one of three species of fungi commonly referred to as half-free morels, the others being M. populiphila in western North America and M. semilibera in Europe, [1] the latter having smaller spores than M. punctipes.
Morchella, the true morels, is a genus of edible sac fungi closely related to anatomically simpler cup fungi in the order Pezizales (division Ascomycota).These distinctive fungi have a honeycomb appearance due to the network of ridges with pits composing their caps.
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It found 51 people became sick after eating cultivated morel mushrooms at the restaurant in March and April of this year, with three hospitalized and two people ultimately dying.
The cap of the false morel Verpa bohemica hangs free from attachment to the stipe. Morchella populiphila is morphologically indistinguishable from its eastern North American relative M. punctipes . Morchella populiphila is a distinct morel because of its cap attachment and its habitat, and it is unlikely to be mistaken for other species.
Morchella esculenta is commonly known by various names: morel, common morel, true morel, morel mushroom, yellow morel, sponge morel, [15] Molly Moocher, haystack, and dryland fish. [2] In Nepal it is known as Guchi chyau. [16] The specific epithet is derived from the Latin esculenta, meaning "edible".