About Morchella Mushroom:
- It is an edible mushroom from the Ascomycota group.
- Morels or Morchella is locally known as Kangaech or Gucchi mushroom.
- It grows naturally in specific high elevation forest ecosystems during a narrow rainy season.
- It traditionally belongs to the family morchellaceae of the Ascomycota.
- Properties: It is a highly valued gourmet mushroom known for its intense and distinct flavour, superior nutritional profile and medicinal properties.
- Appearance: They are pale yellow in colour with large pits and ridges on the surface of the cap, raised on a large white stem.
- Climatic conditions for Growth: Ideal weather conditions for the great morel are daytime temperature is between 15 and 20 Celsius and night-time temperatures are in the five to nine.
- Distribution: They grow in conifer forests across temperate regions, and the foothills in Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, and Jammu and Kashmir.
- These mushrooms usually grow in clusters on logs of decaying wood, leaves or humus soil.
- They may or may not grow in the same spot the next season, which only makes the process of collection more tedious.
- It is known to be one of the most expensive mushrooms.
