Definition of Morchella

1. Noun. Genus of edible fungi: morel.

Exact synonyms: Genus Morchella
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Member holonyms: Morel, Common Morel, Morchella Esculenta, Sponge Morel, Sponge Mushroom
Group relationships: Family Helvellaceae, Helvellaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morchella

Moravians
Morax
Morax-Axenfeld diplobacillus
Moraxella anatipestifer
Moraxella bovis
Moraxella catarrhalis
Moraxella conjunctivitis
Moraxella kingae
Moraxella lacunata
Moraxella nonliquefaciens
Moraxella osloensis
Moraxella phenylpyruvica
Moray
Moray Firth
Morbihan
Morchella (current term)
Morchella angusticeps
Morchella conica
Morchella esculenta
Morchella semilibera
Morchellaceae
Mordad
Mordecai Richler
Mordovia
Mordovian
Mordovians
Mordred
Mordva
Mordvin

Literary usage of Morchella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of ...by Robert Kaye Greville by Robert Kaye Greville (1824)
"Pileus stipitate, lacunose, confluent with the stem, the surface wholly occupied by the hymenium. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Morchella hybrida; pileo brevi, acuto, ..."

2. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1868)
"Morchella crassipes, Persoon, ' Synopsis Methodica Fungorum,' 1801, p. ... Morchella crassipes, Pers.. Section through walls of pileus. 3. ..."

3. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1889)
"In order to investigate the structure of the hymenium of a highly-developed form of the Ascomycetes, we will take the Morell, Morchella esculenta. ..."

4. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1901)
"G. esculenta GENUS Morchella The genus Morchella has the cap covered with a network of blunt ridges enclosing irregular depressed spaces. ..."

5. The Annals of Horticulture (1848)
"Morchella. — Pileus lacunose (pitted), confluent with the stipes, either at the margin or a little above it : hymenium occupying the whole outer surface. ..."

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