cup morel

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   an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide; the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center; can be easily confused with inedible mushrooms

   SynonymsDisciotis venosa

   Broadermorel

   Part ofMorchellaceae

Questions about cup morel

What does cup morel mean?

cup morel means "an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide; the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center; can be easily confused with inedible mushrooms".

What is another word for cup morel?

Close synonyms include Disciotis venosa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cup morel a common word?

cup morel is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.