Common morel
Morchella esculenta
Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Morchella esculenta
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Order
- Pezizales
- Family
- Morchellaceae
- Under the cap
- Smooth
- Cap
- Conical
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Partner of trees, Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Spring
- Habitat
- Broadleaf forest, Gardens
- Spore print
- Cream, Yellow
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- DNA studies show that what was once counted as one morel species is really many different species.
- Some morels fruit in huge numbers in the spring after a forest fire.
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Similar fungi
- Wrinkled thimble cap
Verpa bohemica
- False morel
Gyromitra esculenta
- Summer truffle
Tuber aestivum
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q1129282 · All fungi · All entries