Biology:Morchella australiana

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Short description: Species of fungus

Morchella australiana
Morchella australiana.jpg
Australian native morel
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Morchellaceae
Genus: Morchella
Species:
M. australiana
Binomial name
Morchella australiana
T.F.Elliott, Bougher, O’Donnell & Trappe (2014)

Morchella australiana is a species of ascomycete fungus in the family Morchellaceae. Described as new to science in 2014, it is found in New South Wales, South Australia,Tasmania and Victoria, Australia. The type locality was in the temperate Pilliga Scrub of northwestern New South Wales, west of the Great Dividing Range. Fruit bodies of the fungus resemble those of the European Morchella elata, but molecular and morphological analyses demonstrated that the Australian species represents a unique lineage.[1]

References

  1. "Morchella australiana sp. nov., an apparent Australian endemic from New South Wales and Victoria". Mycologia 106 (1): 113–118. 2014. doi:10.3852/13-065. PMID 24603835. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16755720 entry