morel
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1. any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | mushroom, |
| definition | : | any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | common morel, morchella esculenta, sponge morel, sponge mushroom, |
| definition | : | an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cup morel, disciotis venosa, |
| definition | : | an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide; the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center; can be easily confused with inedible mushrooms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bell morel, verpa, |
| definition | : | a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | black morel, conic morel, morchella angusticeps, morchella conica, narrowhead morel, |
| definition | : | a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it; the fertile body is grey when young and black in old age (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | morchella crassipes, thick-footed morel, |
| definition | : | a delicious morel with a conic fertile portion having deep and irregular pits (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cow's head, half-free morel, morchella semilibera, |
| definition | : | a morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus morchella, morchella, |
| definition | : | genus of edible fungi: morel (noun.plant) |
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