Sign in Start free
Species library › Morchella › Morchella septimelata
Fungi Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Morchella septimelata

Burn morel

A black morel that fruits in western North American conifer forests in the spring after a light or moderate fire. It can only be told from M. sextelata by DNA, and Richard et al. (2014) treat it as Morchella eximia. Morels are very hard to fruit indoors.

Morchella septimelata
Photo: This image was created by user Ron Pastorino (Ronpast) at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images.You can contact this user here., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal rest

Where it grows wild

Fruits in burned conifer forest in the spring after a fire; its ecology (saprotroph or loosely associated with trees) is not settled.

Fruits at 1000–2000 m in western North America.

Western North AmericaEuropeTurkeyChinaAustralia

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

Grow Morchella septimelata? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Morchella

Morchella rufobrunnea Morchella tridentina Morchella elata Morchella anatolica Morchella populiphila Morchella importuna Morchella sextelata Morchella snyderi Morchella disparilis Morchella arbutiphila Morchella galilaea Morchella punctipes All 108 →

Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.