Jakarta, July 28 -- Researchers at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) have successfully described a new species of morel mushroom found in the Rinjani Biosphere Reserve, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.

The species, named Morchella rinjaniensis , refers to the location of its discovery and marks the first scientifically described tropical Morchella species in Indonesia, identified using both morphological and molecular approaches.

"This species has a unique combination of characteristics not found in other Morchella species, either morphologically or genetically," Atik Retnowati, a researcher at BRIN's Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, noted in a statement from Jakarta on Monday.

According to Atik, Morchella ...