Morchella laurentiana

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Morchella laurentiana
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M. laurentiana
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Morchella laurentiana
A.Voitk, M.Burzynski & K. O'Donnell (2016)

Morchella laurentiana is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae described as new to science in 2016. It is known only from the Saint Lawrence River basin in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is in the Morchella elata clade. [1]

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References

  1. Voitk A, Beug M, O'Donnell K, Burzynski M (2016). "Two new species of true morels from Newfoundland and Labrador: cosmopolitan Morchella eohespera and parochial M. laurentiana". Mycologia. 108 (1): 31–37. doi:10.3852/15-149. PMID   26553777. S2CID   21363047.