{"id":97751,"date":"2026-04-11T12:20:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=97751"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:14:46","slug":"morchella-mushroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/morchella-mushroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Morchella Mushroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Morchella Mushroom Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Sheri Kashmir University of Agriculture and Sciences (SKUAST) in Srinagar has cultivated the Morchella mushroom for the first time in controlled condition.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Morchella Mushroom<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>edible mushroom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Ascomycota group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morels or Morchella is locally <\/span><b>known as Kangaech or Gucchi mushroom.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It grows naturally in specific <\/span><b>high elevation forest ecosystems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during a narrow rainy season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It traditionally belongs to the family morchellaceae of the Ascomycota.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Properties:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>highly valued gourmet mushroom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known for its intense and distinct flavour, superior nutritional profile and medicinal properties.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are pale yellow in colour with large pits and ridges on the surface of the cap, raised on a large white stem.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climatic conditions for Growth:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 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.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They grow in conifer forests across temperature regions, and the foothills in <\/span><b>Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, and Jammu and Kashmir.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These mushrooms <\/span><b>usually grow in clusters on logs of decaying wood,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> leaves or humus soil.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They may or may not grow in the same spot the next season, which only makes the process of collection more tedious.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known to be one of the most <\/span><b>expensive mushrooms.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/kashmir-scientists-crack-cultivation-of-rare-rs-40000-morel-mushrooms-10628552\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morchella Mushroom is an edible mushroom from the Ascomycota group. 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