Morchella purpurascens

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Morchella purpurascens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Morchellaceae
Genus: Morchella
Species:
M. purpurascens
Binomial name
Morchella purpurascens
(
Boud.
) Jacquet. (1984)
Synonyms
  • Morchella elata var. purpurascens Krombh. ex Boud. (1897)

Morchella purpurascens, the purple morel, is an

nomenclatural study in 2014 by Richard and colleagues confirmed this species' autonomy and matched it to phylogenetic lineage Mel-20.[5]

The species is characterised by the pinkish or purplish colours on the cap of its young fruit bodies.

References

  1. ^ Boudier E. (1897). Révision analytique des morilles de France. Bull Soc Mycol Fr 13:130–150
  2. ^ Krombholz JV von. 1834. Naturgetreue Abblidungen und Beschreibungen der essbaren, scha ̈dlichen und verda ̈chtigen Schwa ̈mme, Heift 3. G. Calve, Praha J, 36 p., pl. XV-XXII.
  3. ^ Jacquetant E. (1984). Les Morilles. Paris: La Bibliothèque des Arts. p. 114.
  4. ^ Jacquetant E, Bon M. (1985). Typifications et mises au point nomenclaturales dans l’ouvrage ‘‘Les morilles’’ (de E. Jacquetant), Nature-Piantanida 1984. Documents Mycologiques 14:1.
  5. PMID 25550303
    . 14-166.