Morchella arbutiphila is a species of fungus in the family
Morchellaceae (Ascomycota). It was described as new to science in 2016 from the island of Cyprus, where it occurs under strawberry trees (
Arbutus andrachne). According to multigene phylogenetic analyses presented by Loizides and colleagues,
Morchella arbutiphila corresponds to phylogenetic lineage
Mel-30, which was also shown to be present in Turkey in a 2010 study by Taşkın and colleagues.
(Wikipedia)