Peck, C.H. (1879), Report of the Botanist (1878). Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History 32: 44 [tax. nov.]

Richard, F., Bellanger, J.-M. ,Clowez, P., Hansen, K., O’Donnell, K., Urban, A., Sauve, M., Courtecuisse, R., & Moreau, P.-A. (2015), True morels (Morchella, Pezizales) of Europe and North America: evolutionary relationships inferred from multilocus data and a unified taxonomy. Mycologia 107(2): 369 [secondary reference]

• Comment: "corresponds to [phylogenetic species] Mel-15 ... It appears to be endemic to eastern North America."

AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Morchella elata Fr. legitimate

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