MORCHELLACEAE Rchb.
(morels)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Disciotis venosa Bleach Cup	Species		14 images	1 ident. refs
Mitrophora a genus of morels	Genus	1 subtaxa	34 images	1 ident. refs
Morchella morels	Genus	7 subtaxa	48 images	4 ident. refs
Verpa a genus of morels	Genus	2 subtaxa	21 images	3 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	MORCHELLACEAE (morels)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

MORCHELLACEAE is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

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

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MORCHELLACEAE (morels)

BioInfo (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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Taxonomic hierarchy:

MORCHELLACEAE is also a member of:

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