羊肚菌属Morchella真菌是一类珍稀食用和药用真菌,具有重要的经济和科研价值。从羊肚菌属的分类研究、物种多样性、物种分布与生态多样性、演化历史、人工栽培等方面,对新近的研究成果进行了综述,总结了世界羊肚菌研究中取得的主要成绩,指出了仍然存在的主要问题及解决这些问题的相应思路和对策。
As one group of the world’s most prized edible and medicinal fungi, morels are of very important economic and scientific values. Here, we glance over the research history of the genus Morchella and review recent research progresses of taxonomy, species diversity and distribution, ecological diversity, phylogeny, biogeography, and artificial cultivation of the fungi. We also discuss the potential issues remaining in the current research and give some suggestions for future study.