Morchella sceptriformis
Species of fungus
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Morchella sceptriformis is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae (Ascomycota). It was described as new to science in a 2012 study by Clowez,[2] and corresponds to phylogenetic lineage Mes-3.[3] Morchella virginiana, described later in the same year by Kuo and colleagues, is a junior synonym.[1][4]
| Morchella sceptriformis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Morchellaceae |
| Genus: | Morchella |
| Species: | M. sceptriformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Morchella sceptriformis Clowez | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Morchella virginiana O'Donnell & S.A.Rehner (2012) | |
This putatively endemic North American morel is so far known from North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Virginia, where it is found under the American tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera).