Half-free Morel / Morchella semilibera

This was a brand new fungus for me when we found it at Votier's Flats in Fish Creek Park, on May 30th.

"Half-free morels are easily separated from other morels by cutting them in half, lengthwise. The cap of the half-free morel is attached to the stem half way (more or less; "one-third to two-thirds" might be more accurate), so that a substantial portion hangs free like a skirt. Other true morels have caps that are (again, more or less) completely attached to the stem--while false morels in the genus Verpa have caps that hang completely free, like a thimble placed on a pencil eraser."

www.mushroomexpert.com/morchella_half-free.html