Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Morchella conica


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Morchella conica - Head height 30 to 70 mm and width 20 to 40 mm. In gray, gray-pink, gray-brown, olive-brown, also yellowish-brown or black-brown color. The shape is slender, conical, but also round or oval, in the middle empty. The surface is covered with vertically and horizontally thick and blunt ribs forming oblong, rhomboid or almost rectangular cavities with a spore-bearing layer (alveole). Ribs converge on the stem and are fused with it.

Stem usually shorter and narrower than the hat. Irregularly flattened or bent in shape, thick, at the base slightly wrinkled. In color: black and white, pale yellow to yellowish-yellow. A slightly spotted scaly surface. Inside empty.

Flesh whitish to pale-colored, waxy, thin and fragile. With a pleasant aroma and mild taste.

Occurrence: In deciduous and coniferous forests, alluvial forests, bushes, also in parks and gardens, often on bark litter, usually in bright places.

Value: Mushroom, very tasty.

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