| Noun | 1. | Morchellaceae - a family of edible fungi including the true morels fungus family - includes lichen families Ascomycetes, class Ascomycetes - large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi cup morel, Disciotis venosa - 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 bell morel, Verpa - a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top conic Verpa, Verpa conica - a morel with a fertile portion that has a relatively smooth surface; the stalk is fragile black morel, conic morel, Morchella angusticeps, Morchella conica, narrowhead morel - 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 Morchella crassipes, thick-footed morel - a delicious morel with a conic fertile portion having deep and irregular pits cow's head, half-free morel, Morchella semilibera - a morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length |