yellow morel
From the latest record: 2026-05-16.
Fertile surface smooth, lining deep pits and honeycomb-like depressions; ridges sterile, pale cream to yellow-ochre, darkening slightly with age
Ovoid to broadly conical, hollow, attached to stipe at the lower margin; surface strongly pitted and ridged, yellowish, ochre, tan to pale brown
Apothecial, fused to the stipe along the lower cap margin
Cylindrical to clavate, hollow, whitish to cream, finely granular or furfuraceous, sometimes broadened at the base
Spore print white to pale cream
Facultatively mycorrhizal (hardwoods, conifers, grass plants), in woodlands, meadows, orchards, disturbed ground and calcareous soils
Choice edible after thorough cooking, toxic raw/insufficiently cooked
Fruit body medium to large, stipe ~2–9 × 2–5 cm
Cap ∅ ~2–7 cm, height ~2–10 cm
Thin, brittle, whitish to pale cream, hollow, unchanging when cut
No KOH reaction
Pleasant, earthy to faintly spermatic
Mild, nutty, rich when cooked (dried)
Spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, ~17–22 × 9–11 µm, asci cylindrical, 8-spored, ~220–350 × 16–20 µm, paraphyses filiform to slightly enlarged apically
Classic honeycomb-like yellow-brown morel
1794). Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 116.
Pakri Peninsula, Paldiski, Harju, Eesti
Meadowy grassland (Primula veris) with mixed (Birch, poplar, cherry, etc.) deciduous trees
59°23'14.6"N 24°02'13.4"E
🌡️ 16°C 🌤️🌦️ Passing clouds, before mild rain 💨 Wind 30° NNE->SSW, 13 km/h
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