Verpa digitaliformis Pers.
(a morel)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVerpa digitaliformis (a morel)
GenusVerpa (a genus of morels)
FamilyMORCHELLACEAE (morels)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G. 1980 New or critical Fungi from the Highlands and Islands Kew Bulletin vol 35 (2): 343-361.
Reid, D.A. 1977 On the exceptional abundance of Verpa conica with notes on unusual occurrence of other fungi Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 11 (2): 131-136.

Verpa digitaliformis (a morel) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Verpa digitaliformis (a morel)
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