Morchellaceae
E561769
Morchellaceae is a family of sac fungi best known for including the edible morels, which are prized wild mushrooms in culinary traditions worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Morchellaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6006014 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Morchellaceae Context triple: [Morchella esculenta, family, Morchellaceae]
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A.
Trichocomaceae
Trichocomaceae is a family of filamentous fungi that includes many important molds such as Aspergillus and Penicillium, some of which are significant in medicine, industry, and food production.
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B.
Ceratocystidaceae
Ceratocystidaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes several important plant pathogens known for causing wilt and canker diseases in trees and other plants.
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C.
Fusoidisporellaceae
Fusoidisporellaceae is a family of fungi within the order Pisorisporiales, comprising filamentous ascomycetes typically found in aquatic or damp terrestrial habitats.
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D.
Tuberaceae
Tuberaceae is a family of fungi best known for including the true truffles, highly prized edible subterranean mushrooms.
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E.
Achroceratosphaeriaceae
Achroceratosphaeriaceae is a family of fungi classified within the order Pisorisporiales, comprising specialized ascomycetous species typically found in aquatic or damp terrestrial habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Morchellaceae Target entity description: Morchellaceae is a family of sac fungi best known for including the edible morels, which are prized wild mushrooms in culinary traditions worldwide.
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A.
Trichocomaceae
Trichocomaceae is a family of filamentous fungi that includes many important molds such as Aspergillus and Penicillium, some of which are significant in medicine, industry, and food production.
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B.
Ceratocystidaceae
Ceratocystidaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes several important plant pathogens known for causing wilt and canker diseases in trees and other plants.
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C.
Fusoidisporellaceae
Fusoidisporellaceae is a family of fungi within the order Pisorisporiales, comprising filamentous ascomycetes typically found in aquatic or damp terrestrial habitats.
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D.
Tuberaceae
Tuberaceae is a family of fungi best known for including the true truffles, highly prized edible subterranean mushrooms.
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E.
Achroceratosphaeriaceae
Achroceratosphaeriaceae is a family of fungi classified within the order Pisorisporiales, comprising specialized ascomycetous species typically found in aquatic or damp terrestrial habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungal family
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taxon ⓘ |
| cellType | eukaryotic ⓘ |
| class | Pezizomycetes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Balsamia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Balsamia vulgaris NERFINISHED ⓘ Ciboria ⓘ Costantinella NERFINISHED ⓘ Discinella ⓘ Disciotis NERFINISHED ⓘ Disciotis venosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Fischerula NERFINISHED ⓘ Fischerula macrospora NERFINISHED ⓘ Genabea NERFINISHED ⓘ Genabea fragilis NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydnotrya NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydnotrya cerebriformis NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydnotrya michaelis NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydnotrya tulasnei NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydnotrya tulasnei complex ⓘ Imaia NERFINISHED ⓘ Imaia gigantea NERFINISHED ⓘ Immotthia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalapuya NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalapuya brunnea NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalapuya piceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Leotia NERFINISHED ⓘ Leucangium NERFINISHED ⓘ Leucangium carthusianum NERFINISHED ⓘ Leucostoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Microstoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella angusticeps NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella conica NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella deliciosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella elata NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella esculenta NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella importuna NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella rufobrunnea NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella semilibera NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptychoverpa NERFINISHED ⓘ Underwoodia NERFINISHED ⓘ Underwoodia columnaris NERFINISHED ⓘ Verpa NERFINISHED ⓘ Verpa bohemica NERFINISHED ⓘ Verpa conica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| division | Ascomycota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
mycorrhizal fungi
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saprotrophic fungi ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
members have honeycomb-like caps in genus Morchella
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produces apothecia as fruiting bodies ⓘ |
| includesEdibleSpecies |
Morchella angusticeps
NERFINISHED
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Morchella conica NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella deliciosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella elata NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella esculenta NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella importuna NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella rufobrunnea NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchella semilibera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
culinary use of morel mushrooms
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edible morels ⓘ |
| order | Pezizales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via ascospores ⓘ |
| subdivision | Pezizomycotina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Morchella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Morchellaceae Description of subject: Morchellaceae is a family of sac fungi best known for including the edible morels, which are prized wild mushrooms in culinary traditions worldwide.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.