Morchella dunensis, the
morel of the dunes, is a species of fungus in the family
Morchellaceae (Ascomycota). It was first described as a form of
Morchella esculenta by Castañera and colleagues in 1996, but was later recombined as a distinct species by Clowez. In a 2014 study by Richard and colleagues, the authors concluded that the taxon was conspecific to
Morchella vulgaris, due to its close phylogenetic proximity to the latter. However, following increa
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