"false morel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: false morels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} false morel (plural false morels)
  1. Any of several Ascomycota mushrooms in the genus Gyromitra which bear a resemblance to the highly regarded true morels of the genus Morchella. Hyponyms: Gyromitra caroliniana (english: big red), Gyromitra esculenta (english: brain mushroom), Gyromitra gigas (english: snow morel), Gyromitra infula (english: elfin saddle) Translations (mushroom of the genus Gyromitra): korvasieni (Finnish), piispanhiippa (Finnish), papsapkagomba (Hungarian), piestrzenica [feminine] (Polish)

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