Morchella’s

goosey · #1 (**permalink**) 11-04-2009, 06:06 PM

Yesterday I found my first of the year in the Zuid Kennemerland NP (The Netherlands), just a youngster and not fully developed. I think that it could be a Morchella esculenta? Unless any one has thoughts on its identity? The only reason I think that ,is that was the only type I found last year.

Today I was lucky and found 9 Morchella’s at the Amsterdamse Waterleiding Duinen, more or less all at the same stage of development.
Any ideas on their identity please?

goosey · #2 (**permalink**) 13-04-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by goosey

Today I was lucky and found 9 Morchella’s at the Amsterdamse Waterleiding Duinen, more or less all at the same stage of development.
Any ideas on their identity please?

I went back today and there were more in the area. On some of the older ones the stipe had grown a lot, I hope this can help.

I am thinking maybe Mitrophora semilibera?

Cybershot · #3 (**permalink**) 14-04-2009, 03:38 PM

I am thinking that too Shirley

goosey · #4 (**permalink**) 14-04-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Cybershot

I am thinking that too Shirley

Oh goody goody

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bulbosa · #5 (**permalink**) 15-04-2009, 12:38 PM

Thirded.

Mal

goosey · #6 (**permalink**) 15-04-2009, 12:59 PM

Do Mitrophora semilibera darken with age, or are they just variable in colour.
Cybershot has this excellent image of one in the gallery and it is alot darker than the ones I have seen, though there were only two days between me seeing them for the first and second time.

I have noticed that Verpa conica darkens with age.

Cybershot · #7 (**permalink**) 17-04-2009, 01:57 PM

The ribs of Mitrophora do turn black.