Morel high ( Latin: Morchella elata ) is an edible fungus of the genus of morels of the morel family.
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Content
Description
Outwardly, morel is very similar to morel conical . It differs in a darker color and larger sizes of the fruiting body ( apothecia ) (5-15 cm, up to 25-30 cm in height).
The cap is narrow, conical, 4-10 tall and 3-5 cm wide. The surface is covered with approximately triangular cells bounded by more or less parallel vertical narrow folds. The cells are olive-brown, in mature mushrooms - brown or black-brown; partitions are olive-ocher; the color of the fungus darkens with age.
The leg-shaped part of the fungus is cylindrical, granular, 5-15 cm high and 3-4 cm thick, almost equal in diameter to the top of the cap. In young mushrooms, the leg is whitish, later yellowish or ocher.
Spore powder is white, cream or yellowish, spores are ellipsoidal, (18-25) × (11-15) microns.
Growth
The fruiting bodies of this fungus develop in April - May (less commonly June). Morel is rare, found in small quantities. It grows on soil in coniferous and deciduous forests, often on grassy meadows and forest edges , in gardens and kitchen gardens . It is found in the mountains.
Use
Conditionally edible mushroom . It is suitable for food after boiling in boiling salted water for 10-15 minutes (the broth is drained), or after drying without boiling. Dried morels can be used after 30-40 days of storage.
Notes
Links
- Morel high on the RogersMushrooms website.
- Morel high on the site Tikhaya-hota.ru .
Literature
- Plant World: in 7 tons. / Ed. Academician A.L. Tahtajyan. T.2. Slugs. Mushrooms - 2nd ed., Revised. - M .: Education, 1991 .-- 475 p. (P. 184).
- Aurel Dermek. Mushrooms. - Bratislava: Slovart, 1989 .-- p. 44.