| Morchella kakiicolor | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Morchellaceae |
| Genus: | Morchella |
| Species: | M. kakiicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Morchella kakiicolor (Clowez & L. Romero) Clowez, L. Romero, P. Alvarado & Loizides (2015) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Morchella kakiicolor is aspecies offungus in the familyMorchellaceae (Ascomycota). It was originally proposed as aform ofMorchella quercus-ilicis in a 2012 study by Philippe Clowez,[1] but was later re-combined as an autonomous species by Loizides and colleagues, based onmolecular phylogenetic data. In the same study,M. quercus-ilicis f.quercus-ilicis was shown by the authors to be a latersynonym of the old taxonMorchella tridentina, and notphylogenetically related toM. kakiicolor.[2]
Morchella kakiicolor is phylogenetically andmorphologically very close to the widespreadMediterranean speciesMorchella dunalii. So far, this apparently raremorel is only known fromSpain and theCanary Islands.[3]