name: Morchella (Morel)

flavor_db_name_variants: morchella morel

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Morchella (Morel)

id: 731

name_scientific: Morchellaceae

description: The Morchellaceae are a family of ascomycete fungi. According to a standard reference work, the family has contained at least 49 species distributed among 4 genera, but in 2012, 5 genera producing the sequestrate and hypogeous ascoma were added. The best-known members are the highly regarded and commercially picked true morels of the genus Morchella, the thimble morels of the genus Verpa, and a genus of cup-shaped fungi Disciotis. The remaining four genera produce the sequestrate fruit bodies. Analysis of the ribosomal DNA of many of the Pezizales showed the three genera Verpa, Morchella, and Disciotis to be closely related. Thus they are now included in the family Morchellaceae.

itis_id: 612936

wikipedia_id: Morchellaceae

picture_file_name: 756.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 47797

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:43:02.000Z

legacy_id: null

food_group: Vegetables

food_subgroup: Mushrooms

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-12-15T22:23:06.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:30.000Z

creator_id: 2

updater_id: 2

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 5192

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00731