Morchella purpurascens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Pezizomycetes |
Order: | Pezizales |
Family: | Morchellaceae |
Genus: | Morchella |
Species: | M. purpurascens
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Binomial name | |
Morchella purpurascens | |
Synonyms | |
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Morchella purpurascens, the purple morel, is an ascomycete fungus in the family Morchellaceae. It was first described as a variety of Morchella elata by Emile Boudier in 1897, [1] based on a plate previously illustrated by Julius Vincenz von Krombholz. [2] It was then recombined as a distinct species in 1985 by Emile Jacquetant, and validated the following year by Jacquetant and Bon. [3] [4] As with many other morel species, its taxonomical status remained for a long time a subject of debate, until an extensive phylogenetic and nomenclatural study in 2014 by Richard and colleagues confirmed this species' autonomy and matched it to phylogenetic lineage Mel-20. [5]
The species is characterised by the pinkish or purplish colours on the cap of its young fruit bodies.
Morchella purpurascens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Pezizomycetes |
Order: | Pezizales |
Family: | Morchellaceae |
Genus: | Morchella |
Species: | M. purpurascens
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Binomial name | |
Morchella purpurascens | |
Synonyms | |
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Morchella purpurascens, the purple morel, is an ascomycete fungus in the family Morchellaceae. It was first described as a variety of Morchella elata by Emile Boudier in 1897, [1] based on a plate previously illustrated by Julius Vincenz von Krombholz. [2] It was then recombined as a distinct species in 1985 by Emile Jacquetant, and validated the following year by Jacquetant and Bon. [3] [4] As with many other morel species, its taxonomical status remained for a long time a subject of debate, until an extensive phylogenetic and nomenclatural study in 2014 by Richard and colleagues confirmed this species' autonomy and matched it to phylogenetic lineage Mel-20. [5]
The species is characterised by the pinkish or purplish colours on the cap of its young fruit bodies.