morel

1. Any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap (synset 113052875)
   is a type of: mushroom - any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
   subtypes:

   • common morel, morchella esculenta, sponge morel, sponge mushroom - an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges
   • cup morel, disciotis venosa - an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide; the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center; can be easily confused with inedible mushrooms
   • bell morel, verpa - a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top
   • black morel, conic morel, morchella angusticeps, morchella conica, narrowhead morel - a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it; the fertile body is grey when young and black in old age
   • morchella crassipes, thick-footed morel - a delicious morel with a conic fertile portion having deep and irregular pits
   • cow's head, half-free morel, morchella semilibera - a morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length
   belongs to: genus morchella, morchella - genus of edible fungi: morel

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