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Morchella punctipes

Morchella punctipes
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In North Carolina, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Morchellaceae
Genus: Morchella
Species: M. punctipes
Binomial name
Morchella punctipes
Peck (1903)

Morchella punctipes is a species of fungus in the Morchellaceae family native to North America. First described scientifically by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1903, it is widely distributed east of the Rocky Mountains.

Morchella punctipes is one of three species of fungi commonly referred to as half-free morels, the others being Morchella populiphila in western North America and Morchella semilibera in Europe.



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