Helvella is a genus of ascomycete fungus of the family Helvellaceae. The mushrooms, commonly known as elfin saddles, are identified by their irregularly shaped caps, fluted stems, and fuzzy undersurfaces. They are found in North America and in Europe. Well known species include the whitish H. crispa and the grey H. lacunosa. They have been reported to cause gastrointestinal symptoms when eaten raw.[1]
^Ammirati, Joseph F.; Traquair, James A.; Horgen, Paul A. (1985). Poisonous mushrooms of the northern United States and Canada. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 259. ISBN 0-8166-1407-5.
Helvella lacunosa, known as the slate grey saddle or fluted black elfin saddle in North America, simply as the elfin saddle in Britain, is an ascomycete...
Helvella crispa, also known as the fluted white elfin saddle, white saddle, elfin saddle or common helvel, is an ascomycete fungus of the family Helvellaceae...
Helvella latispora is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae of the order Pezizales. Ascocarps appear in late summer and autumn as pale stems up...
Helvella costifera is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae, Pezizales order. Its ascocarp has conspicuous ribs on its undersurface. This species...
was first described scientifically by Julius Vincenz von Krombholz as Helvella gigas. Hence its common name, Discina gigas resembles true morels, Morchella...
Helvella albella is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae that is found in Europe and North America. It was described by French mycologist Lucien...
Helvella phlebophora is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae of the order Pezizales. This species has been found in China Zhuang WY. (2004)....
Helvella solitaria is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae. Originally described as Peziza solitaria by Petter Karsten in 1869, he transferred...
Helvella acetabulum is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae, order Pezizales. This relatively large cup-shaped fungus is characterized by a tan...
Helvella compressa, also known as the compressed elfin saddle, is a species of ascomycete "sac fungus" related to the Peziza cups. Helvella compressa...
Helvella vespertina is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae. The gray-to-black cap varies in its gnarled shape, measuring about 2–7 centimetres...
Helvella semiobruta is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae. Originally found in the country of France, it was described as new to science in...
Helvella fibrosa is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae of the order Pezizales. It was formerly known as Octospora villosa, originally described...
Helvella dryophila is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae. It is found in western North America, where it associates with oak. Nguyen NH, Landeros...
Helvella ephippium is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae, Pezizales order. It appears in summer and autumn as an upright white stem up to 5...
Helvella elastica, commonly known as the flexible Helvella or the elastic saddle, is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae of the order Pezizales...
described in 1774 by the German mycologist Jacob Christian Schäffer as Helvella infula (the original genus spelling was Elvela). In 1849, Elias Magnus...
Helvella cupuliformis is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae of the order Pezizales, described in 1966. A variant has been described from China...
Helvella corium is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae of the order Pezizales. This inedible cup-shaped fungus is black, and grows on the ground...
thick, with ribs or folds extending onto the undersurface of the cap. Helvella acetabulum is a similar species, with more defined ribs. In North America...
Helvella macropus is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae of the order Pezizales. Its ascocarps are found in summer and autumn in woodland, usually...
Helvella zhongtiaoensis is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae. It is found in China, where it grows in the forest under Pinus tabulaeformis...
cervinigenus is a parasitic ascomycete fungus that grows on elfin saddle (Helvella) mushrooms in Europe and North America. The species was described as new...
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