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Morchella eohespera
	Morella eohespera found in British Columbia, Canada
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Morchellaceae
Genus:	Morchella
Species:	M. eohespera
Binomial name
	Morchella eohespera; Beug, A. Voitk & O'Donnell, 2016

Morchella eohespera is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae described as new to science in 2016. In North America, it has been collected from Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, British Columbia, Canada and in Washington state. It is also found in central and northern Europe, and central China. It is in the Morchella elata clade.^[1]

References[edit]

^ Voitk A, Beug M, O'Donnell K, Burzynski M (2016). "Two new species of true morels from Newfoundland and Labrador: cosmopolitan Morchella eohespera and parochial M. laurentiana". Mycologia. 108 (1): 31–37. doi:10.3852/15-149. PMID 26553777. S2CID 21363047.