Name:		Morchella esculenta Pers., (1801) page 618
Basionym:		Phallus esculentus L.
Synonym(s):		Morchella rotunda (Pers.) Boud. (1906) Morellus esculentus (L.) Eaton (1818) Morchella rotunda var. esculenta (L.) Jacquet. (1985)
Status:		Species
Taxonomic position:		Morchella Dill. ex Pers. [Genus] Morchellaceae Rchb. [Family] Pezizales J. Schröt. [Order] Pezizomycetidae Locq. [Subclass] Pezizomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Morchella esculenta forma alba Galli Morchella esculenta forma dunensis Castañera, J.L. Alonso & G. Moreno Morchella esculenta forma esculenta Morchella esculenta var. abietina (Leuba) Sacc. & Trotter Morchella esculenta var. albida Boud. Morchella esculenta var. atrotomentosa M.M. Moser Morchella esculenta var. conica (Pers.) anon. ined. Morchella esculenta var. corrugata Sacc. Morchella esculenta var. crassipes (Vent.) Fr. Morchella esculenta var. esculenta Morchella esculenta var. fulva Fr. Morchella esculenta var. lutescens (Leuba) Sacc. & Trotter Morchella esculenta var. ovalis Fr. Morchella esculenta var. prunarii (Schulzer & Hazsl.) Sacc. Morchella esculenta var. pubescens (Pers.) Sacc. & Traverso Morchella esculenta var. rotunda Fr. Morchella esculenta var. stipitata Lenz Morchella esculenta var. umbrina (Boud.) S. Imai Morchella esculenta var. viridis (Leuba) Sacc. Morchella esculenta var. vulgaris Pers.
Catalogue data:		Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 8: 8
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (73 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]