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Morel

Honeycombed spring mushroom with an earthy flavour.

Morel — illustrative ingredient image

About Morel

Morel is an edible spring mushroom prized in cooking for its distinctive honeycombed cap. It is used in sautés, sauces, soups, stuffings, and other savoury dishes, where its concentrated flavour complements butter, cream, eggs, poultry, and grains. Culinary morels are generally cooked before eating.

Fresh morels have an earthy, woodsy, savoury flavour and a tender but slightly meaty texture. Dried morels are more concentrated in aroma and become pliable when rehydrated, while cooking can make them softer. The hollow interior and folds can retain grit, so careful cleaning is important.

Morels have an irregular, cone-shaped or rounded cap covered with deep pits and ridges, attached to a pale stem. They are sold fresh, dried, or rehydrated for cooking. Whole mushrooms can be sliced or left intact; drying and soaking alter their firmness and concentrate the cooking liquid.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Morel nutrition & diet

Morel nutritional value

Mushrooms, morel, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.

Calories
31kcal
Protein
3.1g
Carbs
5.1g
Fat
0.6g

Per 100 g of the named reference food. Preparation, cultivar and product formulation can change these values; use the stated form when comparing.

Portions & preparation

Confirm that the ingredient is an edible morel mushroom and specify fresh or dried form, since drying and rehydration change the reference state. Use the cooked edible portion when served, and distinguish plain mushrooms from those sautéed in oil, butter, cream, stock, or mixed dishes.

Compare the right form: Match references to the identified morel species or accepted culinary form, fresh or dried and cooked or rehydrated, with edible portion and preparation specified.

Diet considerations

Morel mushrooms are fungi rather than plants in a botanical sense, though they are commonly used in plant-focused meals. Animal compatibility changes with butter, cream, cheese, meat, or stock. Flour coatings, pastry, pasta, or bread accompaniments add cereal ingredients and alter gluten and carbohydrate considerations.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
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  • Paleo
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  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
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  • Kosher
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What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Mushrooms, morel, raw ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

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