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Morchella

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Noun1.Morchella - genus of edible fungi: morelMorchella - genus of edible fungi: morel        
fungus genus - includes lichen genera
morel - any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
common morel, Morchella esculenta, sponge morel, sponge mushroom - an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges
family Helvellaceae, Helvellaceae - family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous


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The offending morels were identified by the Indiana Poison Control Center as Morchella semilibra - not being "true" morels, but falling somewhere in between "false" morels and pure "true" varieties.
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