Les Morilles, une nouvelle approche mondiale du genre Morchella

Pp. 199-376; 67 plates (most are color photographs).  Publisher’s original red and white printed wrappers, lg 8vo.  Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France, tome 126, fascicules 3 et 4.  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 pits composing their caps.  Morels are prized by gourmet cooks, particularly in French cuisine.  This monograph describes the morels in detail.  The entire volume 126 is offered here.  No ownership marks.