Eric Baccega / Common morel fungus (Morchella esculenta) Alsace, France

Eric Baccega / Man showing picked Common morel fungus in his basket (Morchella esculenta) Alsace, France, Model released, April 2012

Michel Poinsignon / Basket full of Half free morels (Mitrophora semilibera) Lorraine, France, March.

Michel Poinsignon / Half free morel fungus (Mitrophora semilibera) close up, Lorraine, France, March.

Konrad Wothe / Harvested Morel (Morchella esculenta) mushrooms for sale at market. Bavaria, Germany, May.

Gary K. Smith / Edible fungi, Common Morel, (Morchella esculenta) fruiting body among flowers. Norfolk, England, April.

Gary K. Smith / Edible fungi Common Morel (Morchella esculenta) fruiting body. Norfolk, England, April.

Robert Thompson / Morel fungus {Morchella esculenta var vulgaris} Glenarm Nature Reserve, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Flip de Nooyer / Morel fungus {Morchella semi-libera} Netherlands

George McCarthy / False morel fungus {Gyromitra esculenta} UK

Nigel Bean / Half free morel fungus {Mitrophora semilibera} UK

George McCarthy / Black morel fungus {Morchella elata} held in hand, UK