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| synonyms: Óriás papsapkagomba, Snowbank False Morel |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Poisonous/Suspect |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Other |
| flesh: Flesh granular or brittle |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Gyromitra gigas (Krombh.) Quél. Snowbank False Morel Óriás papsapkagomba. Cap 4-15cm across and high, brain-like, round to ellipsoid, with an irregularly lobed margin that is sometimes fused to the stalk; yellow-brown to tan, more reddish brown in age; deeply convoluted and wrinkled, interior chambered; undersurface whitish. Stem 5-10cm long and wide; thick and short; interior multi-channeled or folded in cross-section; surface whitish; ribbed, wrinkled, or grooved. Flesh brittle. Spores ellipsoid, smooth or finely warted, 24-36 x 10-15µ. Habitat singly or in groups on soil or humus under conifers around melting snowbanks. Often common. Found in mountainous forest areas from the Rocky Mountains westward to the Pacific and in Europe. Season May-June. Not edible-contains toxis hydrazines. |
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Paula Laverty (United States) - 27 May 2015
Found along the Appalachian Trail in Maine in the 100 mile wilderness this past weekend, May 2015
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tracy clark (United States) - 14 April 2013
Found this in florence on a trail to the dunes.
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Tudor Ioana (Romania) - 12 December 2012
Paul Covic si Ioana Tudor, Romania, 2012
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Marjan Kustera (Yugoslavia) - 09 May 2012
Discina gigas - growing under beech forest.
Southern Serbia,City of Niš,Mushroom Society of Niš City.Photo taken 27.April 2012.
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Todd Shury (Canada) - 16 July 2011
Near Big River, Saskatchewan, Canada growing under pine forest. June 12 2010. M. esculenta growing nearby in same habitat.
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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 12 December 2010
Las liœciasty.TPK Gdansk Oliwa Poland
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Jiri Soukup (Canada) - 09 May 2010
Is this Gyromitra Gigas? The stalk (not white, looks as two slim stalks) is typical and does not agree with the stalk for Gigas in the books. Collected May 8 100km NW of Ottawa, Ontario, on a grassy field along the mixed bush. Local farmer eats them by pound and swears they are delicious.
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Pat Heptinstall (United States) - 19 April 2010
Found this guy this past weekend. Pardon the quality, it was taken with my phone.
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Paul Stewart (Canada) - 26 May 2009
Found this really freaky/cool mushroom near Saranac lake in NY state USA. May 2009.
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