MOREL, or MORELLE (of the form morel), Morchella esculenta, and edible fungus. It has a pale-brown pileus, deeply pitted all over, with raised anastomosing lines between the depressions. It grows in orchards, woods, and forests. It has an agreeable smell and taste. Also (of the two forms): Solanum nigrum. Called also petty morel, the great morel being Atropa belladonna.