MORCHELLACEAE Rchb.
(morels)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
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Species 14 images 1 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 34 images 1 ident. refs
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Genus 7 subtaxa 48 images 4 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 21 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyMORCHELLACEAE (morels)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

MORCHELLACEAE (morels) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MORCHELLACEAE (morels)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MORCHELLACEAE (morels)

In the Morchellaceae, from my experience, ascospores are usually unripe and often completely absent, even in apparently healthy fruitbodies.

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