Morchella hortensis    Boud. 



New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Pezizomycetes/Pezizomycetidae/Pezizales/Morchellaceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pezizomycetideae/Pezizales/Pezizineae/Morchellaceae  

edibility : edible if well cooked

potential confusions with  Morchella hortensis toxicity of Morchella hortensis genus Morchella  

The cap is honeycombed cap, egg-shaped or elongated, with vertical parallel primary ridges, the secondary ridges (inside) are forming square or rectangular pits, black-brown to black, with a well differentiated, short and grainy, ochraceous white stem.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in gardens, rich soils, rubble, enclosures, on a rather calcareous soil.

The fruiting period takes place from April to June.
Dimensions:
  total height approximately 9 cm (between 5 and 12 cm)

Distinctive features : egg-shaped cap with small vallecule (small free room on top of stem); cap with prominent and vertical parallel primary ridges, the secondary ridges (inside) are forming rectangular pits; in gardens, rubble, enclosures

Morchella hortensis is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is very rare, more generally speaking .



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