Image of Black Morel

Description:

Slo.: visoki smrček - Habitat: Road side, ruderal terrain, Picea abies forest around, flat terrain, quite humid and shady place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations 2.000-2.600 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, elevation 1.200 m (3.950 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil with lot of raw humus. - Comments: Growing scattered, a few of them found. Fruit body diameter up to 3 cm and 8 cm tall. Smell and taste mild, pleasant. - Ref.: (1) Personal communication with Mr.Bojan Rot, www.gobenabovskem.si (2) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 357. (3) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 600.