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Morchella conica Pers. ex Fr. Morchella esculenta (Fr.) I.R. Hazll Morchellaceae

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Morchella esculenta (Fr.) I.R. Hazll: Phallus esculentus L.; Helvella esculenta (L.) Sowerby; Morellus esculentus (L.) Eaton; Morilla esculenta (L.) Quél.; Phalloboletus esculentus (L.) Kuntze; Morchella rotunda var. esculenta (L.) Jacquet.; Morchella prunarii Schulzer; Morchella esculenta var. prunarii (Schulzer & Hazsl.) Sacc.; Phallus esculentus var. albus Bull.; Morchella vulgaris var. alba (Bull.) Clowez; Phallus esculentus var. cinereus Bull.; Phallus esculentus var. fuscus Bull.; Phallus tremelloides Vent.; Morchella tremelloides (Vent.) Pers.; Morilla tremelloides (Vent.) Quél.; Morchella vulgaris var. tremelloides (Vent.) Boud. [as ‘tremelloïdes’]; Phallus esculentus var. rotundus Pers.; Morchella esculenta var. rotunda (Pers.) Sacc.; Morchella rotunda (Pers.) Boud.; Morchella esculenta f. rotunda (Pers.) Reichert; Morchella conica Pers.; Morchella esculenta var. conica (Pers.) Fr.; Morilla conica (Pers.) Quél.; Morchella esculenta var. alba Mérat; Morchella rotunda var. alba (Mérat) Sacc.; Morchella esculenta var. cinerea Mérat; Morchella esculenta var. fulva Fr.; Morchella esculenta subsp. pubescens Pers.; Morchella pubescens (Pers.) Krombh.; Morchella rotunda var. pubescens (Pers.) Boud.; Morchella esculenta var. pubescens (Pers.) Sacc. & Traverso; Morchella esculenta var. grisea Pers.; Morchella conica var. metheformis Pers.; Morchella esculenta var. stipitata Lenz; Morchella conica var. pusilla Krombh.; Morchella conica var. rigida Krombh.; Morchella rigida (Krombh.) Boud.; Morchella rotunda var. rigida (Krombh.) Jacquet.; Morchella esculenta var. rigida (Krombh.) I.R. Hall; Morchella conica var. ceracea Krombh.; Morchella esculenta var. violacea Lév.; Morchella distans Fr.; Morchella conica var. distans (Fr.) Clowez; Morchella esculenta var. corrugata Sacc.; Morchella esculenta var. ovalis Fr. ex Sacc.; Morchella viridis Leuba; Morchella esculenta var. viridis (Leuba) Sacc. & D. Sacc.; Morchella abietina Leuba; Morchella esculenta var. abietina (Leuba) Sacc. & Trotter; Morchella lutescens Leuba; Morchella esculenta var. lutescens (Leuba) Sacc. & Traverso; Morchella conica var. elata Henn.; Morchella rotunda var. cinerea Boud.; Morchella umbrina Boud.; Morchella esculenta var. umbrina (Boud.) S. Imai; Morchella vulgaris var. albida Boud.; Morchella esculenta var. albida (Boud.) Sacc.; Morchella vulgaris var. cinerascens Boud.; Morchella rotunda var. alba Boud.; Morchella vulgaris var. alba Boud.; Morchella conica var. serotina Peck; Morchella conica var. angusticeps Peck; Morchella cylindrica Velen.; Morchella conica f. cylindrica (Velen.) Svrček; Morchella rotunda var. cinerea Grelet; Morchella rotunda var. fulva Grelet; Morchella vulgaris var. parvula Bánhegyi; Morchella esculenta var. atrotomentosa M.M. Moser; Morchella distans f. longissima Jacquet.; Morchella distans f. spathulata Jacquet.; Morchella umbrina f. macroalveola Jacquet.; Morchella esculenta f. alba Galli; Morchella rotunda var. pallida Jacquet.; Morchella rotunda var. crassipes Jacquet.; Morchella rotunda var. minutula Jacquet.; Morchella rotunda var. pallida Jacquet.; Morchella ovalis f. pallida (Jacquet.) Clowez & Luc Martin; Morchella esculenta f. dunensis Castañera; Morchella dunensis (Castañera, J.L. Alonso & G. Moreno) Clowez; Morchella esculenta var. dunensis (Castañera, J.L. Alonso & G. Moreno) Blanco-Dios; Morchella dunensis f. sterilis Picón [as ‘sterile’]; Morchella esculenta f. sterilis (Picón) Blanco-Dios; Morchella vulgaris var. aucupariae Clowez & J.-M. Moingeon; Morchella esculenta var. aurantiaca Clowez; Morchella esculenta var. brunnea Clowez; Morchella esculenta var. mahoniae Clowez & R. Durand bis; Morchella esculenta var. roseostraminea Clowez; Morchella esculenta var. rubroris Clowez & Luc Martin; Morchella esculenta var. theobromichroa Clowez & Vanhille; Morchella esculenta var. umbrinoides Clowez; Morchella vulgaris var. atrogrisea Clowez; Morchella vulgaris var. griseosordida Clowez & Franç. Petit; Morchella conica var. cilicicae Clowez, Baş Serm. & Işıloğlu; Morchella conica var. crassa Clowez; Morchella conica var. flexuosa Clowez & Luc Martin; Morchella conica var. meandriformis Clowez & Moyne; Morchella conica var. nigra Clowez & Moyne; Morchella conica var. pygmaea Clowez & Delaunoy; Morchella conica var. violeipes Clowez & Y. Mourgues; Morchella vulgaris var. parvipilea Clowez

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Ranjitkar, S. et al. (2021). Morchella conica Pers. ex Fr. Morchella esculenta (Fr.) I.R. Hazll Morchellaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_152-3

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