Extract from Wikipedia article: Morchella esculenta, (commonly known as common morel, morel, yellow morel, true morel, morel mushroom, and sponge morel) is a species of fungus in the Morchellaceae family of the Ascomycota. It is one of the most readily recognized of all the edible mushrooms and highly sought after. Each fruit body begins as a tightly compressed, grayish sponge with lighter ridges, and expands to form a large yellowish sponge with large pits and ridges raised on a large white stem. The pitted yellow-brown caps measure 2–7 cm (0.8–2.8 in) broad by 2–10 cm (0.8–3.9 in) tall, and are fused to the stem at its lower margin, forming a continuous hollow. The pits are rounded and irregularly arranged. The hollow stem is typically 2–9 cm (0.8–3.5 in) long by 2–5 cm (0.8–2.0 in) thick, and white to yellow. The fungus fruits under hardwoods during a short period in the spring, depending on the weather, but it is also associated with old orchards, woods, disturbed grounds and burnt areas. Although a process was reported in 1982 to grow the fruit bodies under controlled conditions, attempts to cultivate the mushroom commercially have only been partially successful.
Morel mushrooms (Morchella esculenta var. conica, Morchella conica) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2017 ulitsa Professora Popova, 2к1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022
Masses of morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2017 Aptekarskiy pr., 3, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022
Morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2017 ulitsa Professora Popova, 2к1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022
Morel mushroom Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2017 ulitsa Professora Popova, 2к1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022
Close up of morel mushroom Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2017 ulitsa Professora Popova, 2к1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022
Back lit morel mushroom Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2017 ulitsa Professora Popova, 2к1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022
Morel Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2017 ulitsa Professora Popova, 2к1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022
Close up of dissected morel Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2017 ulitsa Professora Popova, 2к1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022
Dissected morel Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2017 ulitsa Professora Popova, 2к1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022
Texture of a cap of a morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica found in a roadside ditch near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 10, 2017 Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664
Morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica in a roadside ditch near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 10, 2017 Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664
Close up of a morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica taken from roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 10, 2017
Back lit morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 10, 2017
Dissected morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 10, 2017
Morel mushroom Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 14, 2017 Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Morel mushroom Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) on roadside near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 14, 2017 Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Close up of a morel mushroom Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 14, 2017 Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta on a bonfire place in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 11, 2019 Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta on burnt soil in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 11, 2019 Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Group of morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta on a bonfire place in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 11, 2019 Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Side view of morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta on a bonfire place in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 11, 2019 Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Dissected morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta on burnt soil in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 11, 2019 Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta on an old bonfire place in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 13, 2019 Fedotovskaya Dorozhka, 24, Tarkhovka, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197701
Group of morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta on an old bonfire place in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 13, 2019 Fedotovskaya Dorozhka, 24, Tarkhovka, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197701
Side view of morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta on an old bonfire place in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 13, 2019 Fedotovskaya Dorozhka, 25, Tarkhovka, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197701
Morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) near Road 41K-064 south from Mys Moryin Nos near Ladoga Lake, east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 14, 2019 Unnamed Road, Mor'ye, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188675
Group of morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) near Road 41K-064 south from Mys Moryin Nos near Ladoga Lake, east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 14, 2019
Dissected morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) near Road 41K-064 south from Mys Moryin Nos near Ladoga Lake, east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 14, 2019
Morel mushroom Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) among dry leaves near Road 41K-064 south from Mys Moryin Nos near Ladoga Lake, east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 14, 2019 Unnamed Road, Mor'ye, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188675
Side view of a morel mushroom Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) south from Mys Moryin Nos near Ladoga Lake, east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 14, 2019 Unnamed Road, Mor'ye, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188675
Morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) on a bonfire site west from Kavgolovo Lake near Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 19, 2019 Leningrad Oblast, Russia, 188667
Morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) under a bush of ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 20, 2019 Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 194223
Morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica (Morchella conica) in a roadside ditch near Lenin Trail in area of Razliv near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 21, 2019 Leninskaya Tropa, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Morel mushrooms Morchella esculenta var. conica on old bonfire site in Petiayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 26, 2019 Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188732
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