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Morchella conica exhibiting a long fruiting season

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2000

Martin GOLDWAY
Affiliation:
Migal-Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shmona, 10200, Israel Department of Biotechnology & Environmental Sciences, Academic College at Tel-Hai, Upper Galilee 10120, Israel
Rachel AMIR
Affiliation:
Migal-Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shmona, 10200, Israel Department of Biotechnology & Environmental Sciences, Academic College at Tel-Hai, Upper Galilee 10120, Israel
Doron GOLDBERG
Affiliation:
Migal-Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shmona, 10200, Israel Department of Biotechnology & Environmental Sciences, Academic College at Tel-Hai, Upper Galilee 10120, Israel
Yitzhak HADAR
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology, Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
Dan LEVANON
Affiliation:
Migal-Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shmona, 10200, Israel Institute of Soil and Water, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel. E-mail: Goldway@migal.co.il.
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Abstract

Morels are known to produce ascocarps during a few weeks in the spring. Here we present findings about a Morchella conica population which produces ascocarps during a period of 8–10 months, from early spring until mid-winter. To the best of our knowledge, this phenomenon has not been described previously. Field investigations correlated the ascocarp appearance with gradual drying of the soil. DNA–PCR fingerprinting indicated that these Morchella shared a similar genetic background.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The British Mycological Society 2000

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