Morchella tridentina
western blond (blond black morel; mountain blond)
Morchellaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
western blond (blond black morel; mountain blond)
Morchellaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Species Information
Microscopic:
spores 20-29 x 14-19 um, elliptic, smooth, contents homogeneous; asci 8-spored, 225-300 x 15-25 um, cylindric, colorless in 2% KOH; paraphyses 100-225 x 15-25 um, cylindric, tips "rounded to subclavate or infrequently subfusoid", septate, colorless to brownish in 2% KOH; elements on sterile ridges 100-175 x 12.5-20 um, septate, "terminal cell clavate or subclavate", colorless or with brownish contents in 2% KOH, (Kuo(6)), spores 23-26(28) x 14.3-16(18) um, (Pilz)
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Morchella snyderi tends to have a stipe that is conspicuously lacunose, pits are finely tomentose, and spores average larger, (Kuo(6)). See also SIMILAR section of Morchella americana.Habitat
"appearing at various altitudes in mixed forests dominated by various trees", including Arbutus menziesii (Pacific Madrone), Quercus spp. (oak), Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-fir), Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa Pine), Pinus lambertiana (Sugar Pine), and Abies concolor (White Fir); April, (Kuo(6)), documented "from nonburned soils in living forests or in nonburned areas within the fire perimeter" (Pilz), fruits after Morchella snyderi and M. brunnea (Michael Beug, pers. comm.)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Morchella frustrata M. Kuo Mycologia 104 (5): 1167. 2012