Research Article | Published: 10 September 2019

High altitude morels from Ladakh Trans-Himalaya (J&K), India

Konchok Dorjey, Sanjeev Kumar and Yash Pal Sharma

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 26 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 123-129 | 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2019-SEFQFY | Cite this article

Abstract

Present study emphasizes on the documentation of some hitherto interesting morels from Ladakh, the cold desert of Indian Trans-Himalaya. Seven taxa of morels namely Morchella conica, M. crassipes, M. deliciosa, M. elata, M. elata var. himalayansis var. nov., M. esculenta, M. tomentosa have been documented. All the species have been recorded for the first time from Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, while as M. elata var. himalayansis var. nov., the proposed as new variety, constitutes new addition to morels of India. Detailed description and illustration with micro- and macroscopic characteristics have been provided for M. elata var. himalayansis var. nov., while as remaining six species have been described with field photographs.

Keywords

Morchella, Morels, Ladakh, High-Altitude

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Fig. 1

(A). A sporocarp of Morchella conica in natural habitat, (B). A sporocarp of Morchella crassipes in natural habitat, (C). A sporocarp of Morchella deliciosa, (D). A Sporocarp of Morchella tomentosa, (E). A sporocarp of Morchella elata in natural habitat, (F). A sporocarps of Morchella esculenta

Fig. 2

(A). Sporocarps of Morchella elata var. himalayansis var. nov, (B). Morchella elata var. himalayansis var. nov.: a) habit b) asci c) paraphyses d) pubescent hairs e) stipe hyphae f) inflated stipe elements

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Dorjey, K., Kumar, S. and Sharma, Y.P., 2019. High altitude morels from Ladakh Trans-Himalaya (J&K), India. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 26(3), pp.123-129. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2019-SEFQFY

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