Canadian Forest Service Publications
Morchella tomentosa: a unique belowground structure and a new clade of morels. 2010. Stefani, F.O.P.; Sokolski, S.; Wurtz, T.L.; Piché, Y.; Hamelin, R.C.; Fortin, J.A.; Bérubé, J.A. Mycologia 102(5): 1082-1088.
Year: 2010
Issued by: Laurentian Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 31838
Language: English
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DOI: 10.3852/09-294
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Abstract
Mechanisms involved in post-fire morel fructification remain unclear. A new undescribed belowground vegetative structure of Morchella tomentosa in a burned boreal forest was investigated north of Fairbanks, Alaska. The name "radiscisclerotium" is proposed to define this peculiar and elaborate belowground vegetative structure of M. tomentosa. Bayesian and maximum parsimony analyses based on ITS rRNA regions and nLSU gene strongly supported a new clade composed of M. tomentosa within the genus Morchella.