Morchella exuberans

Morchella exuberans is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae (Ascomycota). It was described as new to science in a 2012 study by Clowez^[1][2] and corresponds to phylogenetic lineage Mel-9.^[3] Morchella capitata, described by Kuo and colleagues later in the same year, is a synonym of this taxon.^[4]

Morchella exuberans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Morchellaceae
Genus:	Morchella
Species:	M. exuberans
Binomial name
Morchella exuberans Clowez, Hugh Sm. & S. Sm. (2012)
Synonyms
Morchella capitata M. Kuo & M.C. Carter (2012)

Morchella exuberans is a fire-associated morel, growing the first or second spring following a forest fire. It has so far been reported from North America,^[4] Turkey,^[5] Sweden,^[5] China^[6] and Cyprus.^[7] Among some of the striking features of this species, are the capitate acroparaphyses on the sterile ridges of its cap, and the chambered stem.^[4]