Morchella vulgaris
Species of fungus
| Morchella vulgaris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Morchellaceae |
| Genus: | Morchella |
| Species: | M. vulgaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Morchella vulgaris (Pers.) Gray (1821) | |
Morchella vulgaris is a widespread fungus of the family Morchellaceae (Ascomycota). It was originally described in 1801 as a form of the common yellow morel (Morchella esculenta) by mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, but was later recombined as a distinct species by Samuel Gray.[1]
Owing to its high morphological plasticity, its taxonomical status had long been in flux, sometimes treated as a variety of, or conspecific to Morchella esculenta,[2][3] while at the same time several forms and varieties of M. vulgaris itself have been described.[4] An extensive phylogenetic and nomenclatural study by Richard and colleagues in 2014, confirmed the status of Morchella vulgaris as a distinct species, and resolved several of its synonymities.[5]
This species is characterised by the predominantly grey colours of its cap and "blistered", highly irregular appearance of its ridges and pits.
References
- ^ Gray SF. (1821). A Natural Arrangement of British Plants, according to their relations to each other Vol. 1. p. 662.
- ^ Breitenbach J, Kränzlin F. (1984). Fungi of Switzerland, Volume 1: Ascomycetes. Verlag Mykologia, Luzern, Switzerland. p. 314.
- ^ Dennis RWG. (1978). Bristish Ascomycètes. Ed. Cramer, Vaduz. p. 585.
- ^ Clowez P. (2012). "Les morilles. Une nouvelle approche mondiale du genre Morchella". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 126 (3–4): 199–376 (see p. 238).
- ^ Richard, Franck; Bellanger, Jean-Michel; Clowez, Philippe; Courtecuisse, Regis; Hansen, Karen; O'Donnell, Kerry; Sauve, Mathieu; Urban, Alexander; Moreau, Pierre-Arthur (30 December 2014). "True morels (Morchella, Pezizales) of Europe and North America: evolutionary relationships inferred from multilocus data and a unified taxonomy". Mycologia (Preliminary version published online). 107 (2): 359–382. doi:10.3852/14-166. PMID 25550303. 14-166.
External links
- Morchella vulgaris in Index Fungorum
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Extant Morchellaceae species
- C. athrix
- C. cristata
- C. micheneri
- C. palmicola
- C. phragmitis
- C. terrestris
- C. tillettei
- D. ferruginascens
- D. maturescens
- D. rufescens
- D. venosa
- F. macrospora
- F. subcaulis
- I. gigantea
- K. brunnea
- L. carthusianum
- L. ophthalmosporum
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| Section Distantes |
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| Unresolved classification |
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- V. atroalba
- V. bispora
- V. bohemica
- V. candida
- V. chicoensis
- V. conica
- V. digitaliformis
- V. dubia
- V. ferruginea
- V. formosana
- V. fulvocincta
- V. grisea
- V. helvelloides
- V. indigocola
- V. krombholzii
- V. morchellula
- V. patula
- V. perpusilla
- V. pusilla
- V. pusilla
- V. rugipes
- V. sauteri
- V. speciosa
