''Morchella varisiensis'' is a later synonym of ''

Morchella semilibera ''Morchella semilibera'', commonly called the half-free morel, is an edible species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae native to Europe and Asia. DNA analysis has shown that the half-free morels, which appear nearly identical on a macroscopi ...

''. The

fungus A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from t ...

, which belongs to the family

Morchellaceae The Morchellaceae are a family of ascomycete fungi in the order Pezizales. According to a standard reference work, the family has contained at least 49 species distributed among four genera. However, in 2012, five genera that produce ascoma ...

, was described from

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as a new

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in 2010, but subsequent molecular testing of the

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by Richard and colleagues revealed it to be conspecific to the half-free morel (''M. semilibera'').

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* Morchellaceae Edible fungi Fungi described in 2010 Fungi of Europe {{Pezizomycetes-stub