Morchella dunalii

Morchella dunalii is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae (Ascomycota). Although this widespread species was described as early as 1887 by Emile Boudier,[1] it had not appeared in any of the influential literature or monographic works on the genus until very recently. The revival of the name is owed to Moreau and colleagues, who in 2011 designated a lectotype from an old watercolour painting of this forgotten taxon.[2] Subsequent molecular phylogenetic studies by Richard and colleagues in 2014,[3] matched this taxon to phylogenetic lineage Mel-25.

Morchella dunalii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Morchellaceae
Genus: Morchella
Species:
M. dunalii
Binomial name
Morchella dunalii
Boud. (1887)
Synonyms
  • Morchella fallax Clowez & Luc Martin (2012)

A 2016 study by Loizides and colleagues provided a detailed description, as well as notes on the ecology and distribution of M. dunalii, which appears to be the most common and widespread morel in the Mediterranean region, frequently misidentified as M. deliciosa, M. purpurascens, or M. conica.[4] The taxon Morchella fallax, proposed by Clowez in 2012,[5] is a later synonym of this species.

References
  1. Boudier E. (1887). "Notice sur les discomycètes figurés dans les dessins inédits de Dunal conservés à la Faculté de Montpellier". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 3: 88–96, pl. 8.
  2. Moreau P-A, Hériveau P, Bourgade V, Bellanger J-M, Courtecuisse R, Fons F, Rapior S (2011). "Redécouverte et typification des champignons de la région de Montpellier illustrés par Michel-Félix Dunal et Alire Raffeneau-Delile". Cryptogamie, Mycologie (in French). 32 (3): 255–276. doi:10.7872/crym.v32.iss3.2011.255.
  3. Richard F, Bellanger JM, Clowez P, Hansen K, O'Donnell K, Urban A, Sauve M, Courtecuisse R, Moreau PA (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. doi:10.3852/14-166. PMID 25550303.
  4. Loizides M, Bellanger J-M, Lowez P, Richard F, Moreau P-A (2016). "Combined phylogenetic and morphological studies of true morels (Pezizales, Ascomycota) in Cyprus reveal significant diversity, including Morchella arbutiphila and M. disparilis spp. nov". Mycological Progress. 15 (4): 39. doi:10.1007/s11557-016-1180-1.
  5. Clowez P. (2012). "Les morilles. Une nouvelle approche mondiale du genre Morchella". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 126 (3–4): 199–376 (see p. 238).

Morchella dunalii in Index Fungorum

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