English > family Morchellaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A family of edible fungi including the true morels. |
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| Synonym | Morchellaceae |
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| Member of | Ascomycetes, class Ascomycetes | large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota |
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| Members | Disciotis venosa, cup morel | An edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide |
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| Morchella crassipes, thick-footed morel | A delicious morel with a conic fertile portion having deep and irregular pits |
| Morchella semilibera, half-free morel, cow's head | A morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length |
| Verpa, bell morel | A morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top |
| Verpa conica, conic Verpa | A morel with a fertile portion that has a relatively smooth surface |
| black morel, Morchella conica, conic morel, Morchella angusticeps, narrowhead morel | A morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it |
| Broader | fungus family | Includes lichen families |
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