Rogers Mushrooms - Helvella elastica Mushroom


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Helvella elastica. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

synonyms: Elastic Saddle, Glattstiellorchel, Helvelle élastique

Ref No: 9427
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Ref No: 9428
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location: North America, Europe

edibility: Inedible

fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige

normal size: Less than 5cm

cap type: Other

stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter

spore colour: White, cream or yellowish

habitat: Grows on the ground

Helvella elastica Bull. ex St. Amans syn. Leptopodia elastica Bull. ex St. Amans Boud. Glattstiellorchel Helvelle élastique, Elastic Saddle. Cap 1–3cm high, saddle-shaped and irregularly lobed, grey-brown to yellowish-brown, underside smooth, whitish drying ochraceous. Stem 40–70 x 3–7mm, whitish, often compressed. Asci 330 x 20µ. Spores 19–22 x 11–13µ. Habitat open ground in woodland. Season summer to autumn. Occasional. Edible – poor. Distribution, America and Europe.


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