Morchella eximia explained

Morchella eximia is a globally-occurring fungus in the family Morchellaceae (Ascomycota), first described by Émile Boudier in 1910.^[1] In an elaborate phylogenetic and nomenclatural revision of the genus in 2014, Richard and colleagues^[2] showed that the taxa Morchella anthracophila, Morchella carbonaria, and Morchella septimelata, proposed in 2012 by Clowez^[3] and Kuo et al.^[4] respectively, are all later synonyms of this old taxon.

Morchella eximia is a fire-associated species, growing abundantly in recently burned forests.

Notes and References

1. Boudier E. (1910). Icones mycologicae ou iconographie des champignons de France principalement discomycètes avec texte descriptif. Tome II, pl. 194–421. Librairie des Sciences Naturelles, Paris.
2. True morels (Morchella, Pezizales) of Europe and North America: evolutionary relationships inferred from multilocus data and a unified taxonomy. Franck. Richard. Jean-Michel. Bellanger. Philippe . Clowez. Regis. Courtecuisse. Karen. Hansen. Kerry. O'Donnell. Mathieu. Sauve. Alexander. Urban. Pierre-Arthur. Moreau. Mycologia. 30 December 2014. 14-166. Preliminary version published online. 10.3852/14-166. 25550303. 107. 2. 359–382. free.
3. Clowez P. . Les morilles. Une nouvelle approche mondiale du genre Morchella . Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France . 2012 . 126 . 3–4 . 199–376 (see p. 238) . French.
4. Kuo M, Dewsbury DR, O'Donnell K, Carter MC, Rehner SA, Moore JD, Moncalvo JM, Canfield SA, Stephenson SL, Methven AS, Volk TJ . Taxonomic revision of true morels (Morchella) in Canada and the United States . Mycologia . 11 April 2012 . 10.3852/11-375 . 22495449 . 104 . 5 . 1159–77.