Morchella punctipes

 Morchella punctipes is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae native to North America. First described scientifically by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1903,[1] it is widely distributed east of the Rocky Mountains.[2]

Morchella punctipes
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In North Carolina, USA
Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom:Fungi
Division:Ascomycota
Class:Pezizomycetes
Order:Pezizales
Family:Morchellaceae
Genus:Morchella
Species:
M. punctipes
Binomial name
Morchella punctipes
Peck (1903)

Morchella punctipes is one of three species of fungi commonly referred to as half-free morels, the others being Morchella populiphila in western North America and Morchella semilibera in Europe.[2]

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