Morchella Mushroom

Morchella Mushroom Latest News

Recently, the Sheri Kashmir University of Agriculture and Sciences (SKUAST) in Srinagar has cultivated the Morchella mushroom for the first time in controlled condition.

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 temperature 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.

Source: IE

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