Morchella

Scientific name: Morchella
Common name: Morel
Classification:
Super-kingdom: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Mycetae
Division: Amastigomycota

Subdivision: Ascomycotina
Class: Ascomycetes
Sub-class: Hymenoascomycetidae
Order: Pezizales
Family: Morchellaceae
Genus: Morchella
Characteristic features:
• Morchella mostly grows in soil that is rich in organic matter (usually in
the dense, deciduous forest litter and fruits in the spring).
• Occasionally it is seen growing on the stumps and logs of decaying wood.
• The ascocarps (epigeal fructifications) often appear in clusters in nature
during spring in the cool areas of the temperate zone.
• It is one of the delicious and edible fungi.

Content citation: Botany for Degree students - Fungi by B.R. Vashishta & A.K. Sinha