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| synonyms: Hohe Morchel, Morille élevée |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Choice |
| fungus colour: Brown, Black or blackish |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Conical or nearly so |
| flesh: Flesh granular or brittle |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Morchella elata Fr. Hohe Morchel Morille élevée. Fruit body 5–10(15)cm high, fertile head narrow and conical, ridges in more or less parallel vertical lines and blackening with age, pits rectangular, olive-brown; stalk cylindrical, coarsely granular, whitish to pale brown with age. Asci 300 x 20µ. Spores cream, elliptic, 18–25 x 11–15µ. Habitat conifer woods or on chalk soil. Season late spring. Rare. Edible. The variety var. purpurescens, differing from M. elata only in the pale violaceous colour of the fertile head, has been reported from Scotland. Distribution, America and Europe.
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