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Morchella esculenta.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Ízletes kucsmagomba, Morel, Morille comestible, Speisemorchel
Morcella esculenta Elm Mushroom
Ref No: 8075
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Morchella  Tulip Mushroom
Ref No: 8076
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Morchella Carya Hickory Mushroom
Ref No: 8077
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Morchella esculenta Mushroom
Ref No: 8084
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Morchella esculenta4 Mushroom
Ref No: 8085
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Morchella HICKORY Mushroom
Ref No: 8086
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Morchella esculenta 3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8094
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Morchella esculenta 5 Mushroom
Ref No: 23191
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Ebony Ruby with Morels Mushroom
Ref No: 23194
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Choice
fungus colour: Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle, Other
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Morchella esculenta Pers. ex St. Amans Speisemorchel, Ízletes kucsmagomba, Morille comestible, Morel. Fruit body 6–20cm high, very variable, fertile head round to ovoid or obtusely conical, pale yellowish-brown darkening and browning with age, ridges acute and forming an irregular honeycomb around the angular pits; stalk minutely scurfy, slightly swollen at the base and longitudinally furrowed, whitish to ochraceous cream. Asci 330 x 20µ. Spores cream, broadly elliptical, 16–19 x 8.5–11µ. Habitat in open scrub or woodland or on waste ground. Season late spring. Uncommon. Edible – excellent. Distribution, America and Europe. Several forms are recognized in Europe; var. rotunda has a roundish ochre-yellow fertile head, while that of var. crassipes is grey-brown and the stalk granular and much swollen at the base; var. umbrina is smaller then the type with a dark greyish-black fertile head. Note in north America there are forms of Morchella esculenta growing under Hickoties, Elms and Tulip Trees, they are normally smaller and rather tall and narrow, I have encluded them here, but one day they may be described as different varieties.


Mushroom Recipes
Morels ŕ la Crčme
Morels in Cracker Batter
Mousse Chaude aux Morelles
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Ýsmail Sevimli (Turkey) - 30 April 2014

I know this fungus.I found the first time.The surprise of this year.I'm not sure morchella esculenta or eleta.
Ebony Ruby with Morels
Summer Cole (United States) - 16 May 2013

I found this while I was walking around our yard.
Dušan Sadikovic (Yugoslavia) - 26 February 2013

Sićevo Gorge, Serbia 30 April 2012. Mycological Society of Niš
Ebony Ruby with Morels
Jaymz Carter (Canada) - 27 May 2011

Growing in my yard every spring in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. 17 last year only 6 this year Best mushrooms I've ever eaten. Taken May 2010
Ebony Ruby with Morels
robert barron (United States) - 17 May 2011

forgot to tell you I live in Hastings MN
Ebony Ruby with Morels
Keith Lampman (United States) - 15 May 2011

Keith Lampman (United States) Found growing in my back yard, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, May 09-2011
Ebony Ruby with Morels
Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 25 May 2010

Sopot Park 13.05.2010
Ebony Ruby with Morels
Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 25 May 2010

Tri-City Landscape Park, Gdansk Oliwa
Ebony Ruby with Morels
Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 25 May 2010

Tri-City Landscape Park, Gdansk Oliwa
Ebony Ruby with Morels
Slobodan Nikolic (Yugoslavia) - 03 May 2010

Ebony Ruby with Morels
John Shupe (United States) - 21 August 2009

Found growing along a trail, Newaygo County, Michigan, May, 2009.
Ebony Ruby with Morels
Mack Hitch (United States) - 13 May 2009

May 11, 2009 Sterling, Colorado USA
Ebony Ruby with Morels
john Baker (United Kingdom) - 20 April 2009

Found in garden Cobham, Surrey 19th April. this file associated with previous comments.
Ebony Ruby with Morels
john Baker (United Kingdom) - 20 April 2009

Found in garden in Cobham, Surrey. Possible two different types of Morchella. 1st example is probably Morchella elata? 2nd example could be Morchella Esculenta due to lack of parallel ridges?
Ebony Ruby with Morels
Branislav Uzelac (Yugoslavia) - 17 March 2009

photo by Ivica Tonchev from Serbia
Ebony Ruby with Morels
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