MORCHELLA ESCULENTA

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Meaning:

An edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges

Synonyms:

common morel; Morchella esculenta; sponge morel; sponge mushroom

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Hypernyms ("Morchella esculenta" is a kind of...):

morel (any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap)

Holonyms ("Morchella esculenta" is a member of...):

genus Morchella; Morchella (genus of edible fungi: morel)

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