Biology:Morchella americana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Morchellaceae |
| Genus: | Morchella |
| Species: | M. americana
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| Binomial name | |
| Morchella americana Clowez & Matherly (2012)
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Morchella americana (also called the yellow morel)[1] is a North American species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae.
Taxonomy
In the Great Lakes region of eastern North America, the range of M. americana overlaps with M. ulmaria; the two species cannot be reliably distinguished without DNA sampling.[2] Other similar species include M. diminutiva, M. prava and others in the genus, in addition to Verpa bohemica and Gyromitra species.[1]
The species was described as new to science in 2012. In 2014, Richard et al. clarified its taxonomic status, retaining the name Morchella americana of Clowez and Matherly (2012) over M. esculentoides.[3][4]
M. americana, identified as phylogenetic species "Mes-4", has also been found in Turkey, France , and Germany , but is suspected of having been introduced there from North America.[5][3]
Etymology
The specific epithet americana refers to the species' occurrence in North America.
Distribution and habitat
The species is common east of the Rocky Mountains in a range stretching from Ontario south to Texas , Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. In western North America, the species typically is found under hardwood, especially cottonwood trees in river bottoms, or with apple trees or ornamental ashes in urban settings.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Audubon Society: Wild Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. 2023. pp. 35. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ↑ "Taxonomic revision of true morels (Morchella) in Canada and the United States". Mycologia 104 (5): 1159–77. 11 April 2012. doi:10.3852/11-375. PMID 22495449. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1192&context=bio_fac.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Richard, Franck; Bellanger, Jean-Michel; Clowez, Philippe; Courtecuisse, Regis; Hansen, Karen; O'Donnell, Kerry; Sauve, Mathieu; Urban, Alexander et al. (30 December 2014). "True morels (Morchella, Pezizales) of Europe and North America: evolutionary relationships inferred from multilocus data and a unified taxonomy". Mycologia 107 (2): 359–382. doi:10.3852/14-166. 14-166. PMID 25550303. http://www.mycologia.org/content/early/2014/12/24/14-166.abstract.
- ↑ Clowez, Philippe (2012). "Les morilles. Une nouvelle approche mondiale du genre Morchella". Bull Soc Mycol Fr 126: 199–376.
- ↑ Taşkın, H.; Büyükalaca, S.; Hansen, K.; 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. http://www.mycologia.org/content/104/2/446.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15413217 entry
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