Elfin Saddle - Helvella lacunosa
A variable species, usually dark grey to black, with the irregular saddle-shaped upper part attahced to a paler longitudinally grooved stem.
[note: this is a complex of species]
Photograph in habitat; note substrate and associated tree species
Under trees and in woodland, often on disturbed soils
Summer and autumn.
Melinda Bell
Hicks Lodge,Education Trail
16 November 2022
Melinda Bell
Moira Junction
17 October 2022
Melinda Bell
New Lount Nature Reserve
20 October 2019
Melinda Bell
New Lount Nature Reserve
20 October 2019
Frank Bedford
Moira Junction off Ashby Woulds Trail
28 December 2020
Elfin Saddle
Melinda Bell
Hicks Lodge,Education Trail
16 November 2022
Natalie Woolrych
Moira junction nature Reserve
23 October 2022
Natalie Woolrych
Moira junction nature Reserve
23 October 2022
Melinda Bell
Hicks Lodge,Education Trail
16 November 2022
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Species profile
- Common names
- Elfin Saddle
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pezizales
- Family:
- Helvellaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 20/10/2019 (Bell, Melinda)
- Last record:
- 09/08/2023 (Cherry, Taela-Rae)
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