''Morchella capitata'' is a later synonym of '' Morchella exuberans''. Originally identified as phylogenetic species ''Mel''-9, it was described as new to science in 2012 by Kuo and colleagues. In 2014 however, Richard and colleagues clarified the taxonomic status of this species, retaining the name ''Morchella exuberans'' of Clowez (2012) over ''M. capitata''. It is a cosmopolitan, post-fire fungus in the family Morchellaceae, shown to occur in at least three continents, and is one of four species of fire-adapted

morel ''Morchella'', the true morels, is a genus of edible sac fungi closely related to anatomically simpler cup fungi in the order Pezizales (division Ascomycota). These distinctive fungi have a honeycomb appearance due to the network of ridges with ...

s in western North America (the others being '' M. eximia'', '' M. sextelata'', and '' M. tomentosa''). It has also been found in Turkey,

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and Cyprus, but remains unclear whether dispersal between these distant locations occurred naturally or through accidental introduction by humans.

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* * Morchellaceae Edible fungi Fungi described in 2012 Fungi of North America {{Pezizomycetes-stub