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Yellow Morel

Morchella esculenta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 220, February 163, March 255, April 401, May 578, June 631, July 675, August 580, September 426, October 318, November 174, December 136.
United States4,720
Alaska4,557
Germany234
Canada137
Italy121
Austria121
France107
Ontario99
Bayern95
Spain84

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Human edible commercially tradedRecognized by a harvested source as edible and suitable for commercial food trade.Mushrooms traded as food, Volume I
  • Morel fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically morels.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumAscomycete Fungi · Ascomycota
ClassOperculate Ascomycetes · Pezizomycetes
OrderPezizales
Familymorels and allies · Morchellaceae
Genustrue morels · Morchella

Sources

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