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A review on research advances, issues, and perspectives of morels

Xi-Hui Du ( ), Qi Zhao, Zhu L. Yang
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
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Abstract

Morels, a group of the world’s most prized edible and medicinal mushrooms, are of very important economic and scientific value. Here, we review recent research progress in the genus Morchella, and focus on its taxonomy, species diversity and distribution, ecological diversity, phylogeny and biogeography, artificial cultivation, and genome. We also discuss the potential issues remaining in the current research and suggest some future directions for study.

Keywords

ecologyspecies distributionspecies diversitygenomecultivationevolutionary historyMorchella

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Mycology
Volume 6 Issue 2,
June 2015
Pages 78-85
DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2015.1016561
Cite this article:
Du X-H, Zhao Q, Yang ZL. A review on research advances, issues, and perspectives of morels. Mycology, 2015, 6(2): 78-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/21501203.2015.1016561

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Received: 23 December 2014
Accepted: 02 February 2015
Published: 09 March 2015
© 2015 Mycological Society of China

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