Morchella snyderi
Mycologia 104(5): 1173. 2012.
Common Name: morel
For description see Kuo et al. & MushroomExpert.com.
Solitary to scattered to gregarious in soil under non-burned montane conifers including Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and white fir (Abies concolor); April through June; not uncommon.
Edible and excellent. All morels should be well cooked.
Morchella snyderi can be distinguished by its appearance in non-burned coniferous forests, conical cap with longitudinally arranged pits, smoky brown to black ridges when mature, and a lacunose stipe.
Baroni, T.J., Beug, M.W., Cantrell, S.A., Clements, T.A., Iturriaga, T., Læssøe, T., Holgado Rojas, M.E., Aguilar, F.M., Quispe, M.O., Lodge, D.J. & O’Donnell, K. (2018). Four new species of Morchella from the Americas. Mycologia 110(6): 1205-1221. (PDF)
Kuo, M., Dewsbury, D.R., O'Donnell, K., Carter, M.C., Rehner, S.A., Moore, J.D., Moncalvo, J.-M. , Canfield, S.A., Stephenson, S.L., Methven, A.S. & Volk, T.J. (2012). Taxonomic revision of true morels (Morchella) in Canada and the United States. Mycologia 104(5): 1159-1177. (PDF—Protologue)
Molina, R. & Smith, J.E. (2007). Ecology and Management of Morels Harvested from the Forests of Western North America. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forest Service, USDA: Portland, OR. 161 p. (PDF)
Richard, F., Bellanger, J.-M., Clowez, P., Hansen, K., O’Donnell, K., Urban, A., Sauve, M., Courtecuisse, R. & Moreau, P.-A. (2015). True morels (Morchella, Pezizales) of Europe and North America: evolutionary relationships inferred from multilocus data and a unified taxonomy. Mycologia 107(2): 359-382. (PDF)
