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So whch one is it?

21 minutes ago, Dave W said:

Found in State College area on Friday (5/11). 

Not the one, Tasso. The circled mushroom is a mature Morchella diminutiva. It's larger and more yellow than the small gray ones it's grouped with. 

 

So which one is it?

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One morel is placed into a group not representing the same Morchella species. 

No Verpas here, although I did see a lot of Verpa conica on this day. I've never found Verpa bohemica. Seems to be a rare species here in eastern NA.

Okay, this is tough one. In the upper left hand corner is a horizontally aligned half-free morel. Directly to the right of the half free in the upper left hand corner is a small morel. It's in with the small yellows/grays, the aptly named Morchella diminutiva. But, this one small morel directly to the right of the left hand corner is an immature Morchella americana, the classic American yellow morel. If the groups were arranged strictly by species this small mushroom would be in the group of larger ones that occupy roughly the entire right half of the photo. The way to tell this one small one is M. americana is by the numerous very tightly arranged pits. M. diminutiva has fewer pits, and by the time a mushroom is as large as this mushroom, the pits are opened up more fully. Compare with the two diminutiva seen directly below the small example of americana. 

There are four species pictured. Morchella angusticeps (eastern NA black morel) lower left corner (2 mushrooms), Morchella punctipes (eastern NA half-free morel left center arcing up to the left hand corner, Morchella diminutiva ("deliciosas) upper left center except for the one misplaced mushroom, Morchella americana (NA esculenta type) right half of photo. 

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