What is Morchella?
{{Taxobox | name = Morel | image = Morchella conica 1 beentree.jpg | image_caption = ''Morchella conica'', a black morel, in [[Poland]] | image_width = 233px | regnum = [[Fungus|Fungi]] | divisio = [[Ascomycota]] | subdivisio = [[Pezizomycotina]] | classis = [[Pezizomycetes]] | ordo = [[Pezizales]] | familia = [[Morchellaceae]] | genus = '''''Morchella''''' | genus_authority = Dill. ex [[Christian Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]] (1794) | type_species = ''[[Morchella esculenta]]'' | type_species_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) Pers. (1801) | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = }} '''''Morchella''''', the true '''morels''', is a [[genus]] of edible [[mushroom]]s closely related to the [[Cup fungus|cup fungi]]. These appear [[honeycomb]]-like in that the upper portion is composed of a network of ridges with pits between them. [[China]] produces [[:wikt:cultivate|cultivate]]d morels.<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/morel-mushroom-picking-wildfires-1.5156324</ref> Morels are the [[state mushroom]] of [[Minnesota]], [[USA]]. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://wjon.com/heres-how-to-hunt-minnesotas-state-mushroom-the-morel/ | title=Here's How to Hunt Minnesota's State Mushroom -- the Morel }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.mushroomexpert.com/morels/index.html MushroomExpert.com's Morel section] * [http://healing-mushrooms.net/archives/morchella-esculenta.html Healing-mushrooms.net's Morel page] * [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5423153 Morel Satisfaction: Stalking the Wild Mushroom] from National Public Radio * [http://www.morelforum.com/forum/ Morel Mushroom Discussion Forum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303120746/http://www.morelforum.com/forum/ |date=2011-03-03 }} [[Category:Edible fungi]] [[Category:Mushrooms]]