Morchella capitata
| Morchella capitata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Morchellaceae |
| Genus: | Morchella |
| Species: | M. capitata |
| Binomial name | |
| Morchella capitata M.Kuo & M.C.Carter (2012) | |
Morchella capitata is a species of fungus in the Morchellaceae family native to North America. Described as new to science in 2012, the species is found in Oregon at elevations of about 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in spruce and fir forests that have experienced some burning the year previous.[1]
Morchella capitata is one of four species of wildfire-adapted morel in western North America, the others being M. septimelata, M. sextelata, and M. tomentosa.[1] M. capitata, identified as phylogenetic species "Mel-9", has also been found in Turkey,[2] Sweden,[2] and China,[3] but it remains unclear whether dispersal between these distant locations occurred naturally or through accidental introduction by humans.[3]
In 2014, Richard et al. clarified the taxonomic status of this species, retaining the name Morchella exuberans of Clowez (2012) over M. capitata.[4][5]
References
- 1 2 Kuo M, Dewsbury DR, O'Donnell K, Carter MC, Rehner SA, Moore JD, Moncalvo J-M, Canfield SA, Stephenson SL, Methven AS, Volk TJ. (11 April 2012). "Taxonomic revision of true morels (Morchella) in Canada and the United States". Mycologia 104 (5): 1159–77. doi:10.3852/11-375. PMID 22495449.
- 1 2 Taşkın, H., Büyükalaca, S., Hansen, K. and O’Donnell, K. (March–April 2012). "Multilocus phylogenetics analysis of true morels (Morchella) reveals high levels of endemics in Turkey relative to other regions of Europe". Mycologia 104 (2): 446–461. doi:10.3852/11-180. PMID 22123659.
- 1 2 Du, X.-H., Zhao, Q., O’Donnell, K., Rooney, A. P. and Yang, Z. L. (2012). "Multigene molecular phylogenetics reveals true morels (Morchella) are especially species-rich in China". Fungal Genetics and Biology. doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2012.03.006.
- ↑ Richard, Franck; Bellanger, Jean-Michel; Clowez, Philippe; Courtecuisse, Regis; Hansen, Karen; O'Donnell, Kerry; Sauve, Mathieu; Urban, Alexander; Moreau, Pierre-Arthur (30 December 2014). "True morels (Morchella, Pezizales) of Europe and North America: evolutionary relationships inferred from multilocus data and a unified taxonomy". Mycologia (Preliminary version published online). doi:10.3852/14-166. PMID 25550303. 14-166.
- ↑ Clowez, Philippe (2012). "Les morilles. Une nouvelle approche mondiale du genre Morchella". Bull Soc Mycol Fr 126: 199–376.