Morchella tomentosa

Coll. 2019-06-25
© J. Plischke

Coll. 2015-06-16
© V. Lekach

Morchella tomentosa M. Kuo, Mycotaxon, 105: 441 (2008).

Basionym Morchella tomentosa M. Kuo, Mycotaxon, 105: 441 (2008).

Diagnosis Ascomata (40)50-120 mm alta; capitulum subconicum vel subcylindricum vel ovoideum; costae tomentosae, canae vel atrae, interdum pallescens; hymenium atrum, interdum pallescens; stipes tomentosus, ater, interdum pallescens; pili 100-400 × 7-28 µm; bruni in 2% KOH.
Holotypus. Biotopium in silvis coniferibus incensis; 1,200 m. altitudinis; USA, in Montanaense, ad Mineral County; S. Engstrom col.; MDCP 06150405; specimen typicum in Herb. F. conservatum.

Type MDCP 06150405 (F) - holotypus

MycoBank 511840

Literature

Clowez P., Moreau P.-A. 2020. Morilles de France et d'Europe.
Greene D.F., Hesketh M., Pounden E. 2010. Emergence of morel (Morchella) and pixie cup (Geopyxis carbonaria) ascocarps in response to the intensity of forest floor combustion during a wildfire. Mycologia, 102 (4): 766-773.
Kotwal M., Kumar S., Sharma Y.P. 2014. Morchellaceae from Jammu region of North-West Himalaya. Mushroom Research, 23 (1): .
Kuo M. 2008. Morchella tomentosa, a new species from western North America and notes on M. rufobrunnea. Mycotaxon, 105: 441-446.
Kuo M., Dewsbury D.R., O’Donnell K., Carter M.C., Rehner S.A., Moore J.D., Moncalvo J.M., Canfield S.A., Stephenson S.L., Methven A.S., Volk T.J. 2012. Taxonomic revision of true morels (Morchella) in Canada and the United States. Mycologia, 104 (5): 1159-1177.
Stefani F.O.P., Sokolski S., Wurtz T.L., Piché Y., Hamelin R.C., Fortin J.A., Bérubé J.A. 2010. Morchella tomentosa: a unique belowground structure and a new clade of morels. Mycologia, 102 (5): 1082-1088.

Classification: Morchellaceae, Morchella

Created on 07/02/2022.

Updated on 14/08/2023.

Distribution

Legend: Typus <1950 1950→1980 >1980

Collections List

[US] El Dorado County
Eldorado National Forest
16/06/2015, leg. V. Lekach
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Source: Mushroom Observer

[US] Mt. Hood
Mount Hood National Forest
08/06/2018, leg. L. Bendlin
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Source: Mushroom Observer