Morchella tomentosa
Morchella tomentosa, commonly called the gray, fuzzy foot, or black foot morel, is a species of fungus in the Morchellaceae family.[2] M. tomentosa is a fire-associated species described from western North America, formally described as new to science in 2008.[1]
Morchella tomentosa is identified by its post-fire occurrence, fine hairs on the surface of young fruit bodies, and a thick, "double-walled" stem.[1][3] It also has unique sclerotia-like underground parts.[4] Color can range from black and "sooty" to gray, brown, yellow, or white, although color tends to progress from darker to lighter with age of the fruiting body.[2] Three other wildfire-adapted morels were described from western North America in 2012: M. capitata, M. septimelata, and M. sextelata. None of these three new species share the hairy surface texture of M. tomentosa.[5]
Phylogeny
Based on studies of DNA, M. tomentosa is clearly a distinct species apart from the yellow morels (M. esculenta & ssp.) and black morels (M. elata & ssp.).[4] Mushroom collectors also use the common name "gray morel" for M. esculenta-type morels in eastern North America.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Kuo M. (2008). "Morchella tomentosa, a new species from western North America, and notes on M. rufobrunnea" (PDF). Mycotaxon 105: 441–6.
- 1 2 3 Kuo M. (November 2008). "Morchella tomentosa". MushroomExpert.com. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ↑ McFarlane EM, Pilz D, Weber NS. (2005). "High-elevation gray morels and other Morchella species harvested as non-timber forest products in Idaho and Montana" (PDF). Mycologist 19 (2): 62–8. doi:10.1017/S0269915X0500203X.
- 1 2 Stefani FOP, Sokolski S, Wurtz TL, Piché Y, Hamelin RC, Fortin JA, Bérubé JA. (2010). "Morchella tomentosa: a unique belowground structure and a new clade of morels" (PDF). Mycologia 102 (5): 1082–8. doi:10.3852/09-294. PMID 20943507.
- ↑ 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.
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