Biology:Morchella steppicola

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Short description: Species of fungus

Morchella steppicola
2013-03-03 Morchella steppicola Zerova 313943 crop.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Morchellaceae
Genus: Morchella
Species:
M. steppicola
Binomial name
Morchella steppicola
Zerova (1941)

Morchella steppicola, the morel of the steppes, is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae (Ascomycota). Originally described from the steppic meadows of Ukraine in 1941,[1] this ancient relic of the last ice age[citation needed] corresponds to Mes-1, the earliest-diverging phylogenetic lineage in section Esculenta.[2]

Other than its unique –for the genus– ecological adaptation, this species boasts some remarkable features, such as the densely "blistered" or "merulioid" ridges of its cap, a chambered stem, and strongly striate spores.[3]

References

  1. Зерова М.Я. Новий зморшок із цілинного степу (Morchella steppicola Zerova sp. nov.) // Бо тан. журн. АН УРСР. — 1941. — 2, No 1. — С. 155—159.
  2. "Phylogeny and historical biogeography of true morels (Morchella) reveals an early Cretaceous origin and high continental endemism and provincialism in the Holarctic". Fungal Genetics and Biology 48 (3): 252–265. 2011. doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2010.09.006. PMID 20888422. https://naldc-legacy.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=49542&content=PDF. Retrieved 2018-12-29. 
  3. "Morchella steppicola Zer.: морфологiчнi особливостi, ультраструктура та поширення в пiвденно-схiднiй Украïнi" (in Russian). Ukrainian Botanical Journal 64 (6): 867–874. 2007. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3323819 entry