Morchella guatemalensis

Morchella guatemalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Morchellaceae
Genus: Morchella
Species: M. guatemalensis
Binomial name
Morchella guatemalensis
Guzmán, M.F.Torres & Logem. (1985)

Morchella guatemalensis is a species of ascomycete fungus in the family Morchellaceae. Described as new to science in 1985, it is found in Chimaltenango Department (Guatemala), where it grows in oak and cypress woodland. The fruit body has a white stipe and orangish cap.[1]

References

  1. Guzmán G, Torres MF, Logemann H, Argueta J, Sommerkamp I. (1985). "Fungi from Guatemala. I. A new species of Morchella". Mycologia Helvetica 1 (6): 451–9.

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