''Morchella capitata'' is a later synonym of ''Morchella exuberans''. Originally identified as molecular phylogenetics, phylogenetic species ''Mel''-9, it was described as new to science in 2012 by Kuo and colleagues. In 2014 however, Richard and colleagues clarified the taxonomic status of this species, retaining the name ''Morchella exuberans'' of Clowez (2012) over ''M. capitata''. It is a cosmopolitan, post-fire fungus in the family Morchellaceae, shown to occur in at least three continents, and is one of four species of wildfire, fire-adapted morels in western North America (the others being ''Morchella eximia, M. eximia'', ''Morchella sextelata, M. sextelata'', and ''Morchella tomentosa, M. tomentosa''). It has also been found in Turkey, Sweden, China and Cyprus, but remains unclear whether dispersal between these distant locations occurred biological dispersal, naturally or through accidental introduced species, introduction by humans.

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* * Morchellaceae Edible fungi Fungi described in 2012 Fungi of North America {{Pezizomycetes-stub