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Morel
Morchella conica, a black morel, in Poland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Morchellaceae
Genus:	Morchella Dill. ex Pers. (1794)
Type species
Morchella esculenta (L.) Pers. (1801)

Morchella, the true morels, is a genus of edible mushrooms closely related to the cup fungi. These appear honeycomb-like in that the upper portion is composed of a network of ridges with pits between them.

China produces cultivated morels.^[1]

Morels are the state mushroom of Minnesota, USA. ^[2]

Media related to Morchella at Wikimedia Commons

• MushroomExpert.com's Morel section
• Healing-mushrooms.net's Morel page
• Morel Satisfaction: Stalking the Wild Mushroom from National Public Radio
• Morel Mushroom Discussion Forum Archived 2011-03-03 at the Wayback Machine