Morchella esculenta (L.) Pers.
(Morel)

Interactions where Morchella esculenta is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		mycelial muff is associated with live root			Allium ursinum	Ramsons	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda, Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella esculenta/	Morchella esculenta	morel			mycelial muff		Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium ursinum/	Allium ursinum	ramsons		live	root
		mycelial muff is associated with live root			Eupatorium cannabinum	Hemp Agrimony, Hemp-agrimony	Asterales: Asteraceae	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda, Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella esculenta/	Morchella esculenta	morel			mycelial muff		Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Eupatorium cannabinum/	Eupatorium cannabinum	hemp agrimony, hemp-agrimony		live	root		Rare
		mycelial muff is associated with live root			Taraxacum	dandelions	Asterales: Asteraceae	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda, Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella esculenta/	Morchella esculenta	morel			mycelial muff		Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum/	Taraxacum	dandelions		live	root		Rare
		mycelial muff is associated with live root			Cornus sanguinea	Dogwood	Cornales: Cornaceae	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda, Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella esculenta/	Morchella esculenta	morel			mycelial muff		Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cornales/Cornaceae/Cornus sanguinea/	Cornus sanguinea	dogwood		live	root		Major
		mycelial muff is associated with live root of tree			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda, Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella esculenta/	Morchella esculenta	morel			mycelial muff		Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel		live	root	tree	Major
		mycelial muff is associated with live root of tree			Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda, Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella esculenta/	Morchella esculenta	morel			mycelial muff		Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/	Quercus robur	pedunculate oak		live	root	tree	Major
		mycelial muff is associated with live root of tree			Fraxinus excelsior	Ash	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda, Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella esculenta/	Morchella esculenta	morel			mycelial muff		Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus excelsior/	Fraxinus excelsior	ash		live	root	tree	Major
		mycelial muff is associated with live root			Ligustrum vulgare	Wild Privet	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda, Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella esculenta/	Morchella esculenta	morel			mycelial muff		Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		live	root		Major
		mycelial muff is associated with live root of tree			Ulmus procera	English Elm	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda, Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella esculenta/	Morchella esculenta	morel			mycelial muff		Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus procera/	Ulmus procera	english elm		live	root	tree	Major
		mycelial muff is associated with live root			Equisetum hyemale	Rough Horsetail	Equisetales: Equisetaceae	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda, Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella esculenta/	Morchella esculenta	morel			mycelial muff		Plant / associate			/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum hyemale/	Equisetum hyemale	rough horsetail		live	root

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda	TBMS Vol 89 (2): 249-252.

Morchella esculenta (Morel) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Morchella esculenta (Morel) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Morchella esculenta var crassipes Thick-footed Morel				Variety		1 trophisms	2 references

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Morchella esculenta (Morel)
Genus	Morchella (morels)
Family	MORCHELLACEAE (morels)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Morchella esculenta is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Morchellaceae)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Morchella esculenta (Morel)

Morchella esculenta (Morel) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Buscot, F. & Roux, J.	1987	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda	TBMS Vol 89 (2): 249-252.
Kellner, H., Renker, C. & Buscot, F.	2005	Species diversity within the Morchella esculenta group (Ascomycota: Morchellaceae) in Germany and France	Organisms, Diversity & Evolution Vol 5: 101-107.
Phenology
Wearn, J.A., Spooner, B.M.S. & Gange, A.C.	2011	Morels defying the vernal lifestyle	Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 32-33.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Morchella esculenta (Morel):

Morchella
(morels)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

BioImages

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