Helvella solitaria
Dark folded cups on paler furrowed stems and short ribs. The outer side is downy, without veins, and the inner side (the spore bearing hymenium) is dark greyish brown
Other folded cup Helvella
Photograph in habitat and inside and outer side in more detail; note habitat, substrate and associated tree species
Woodland, under trees
Fruiting during spring and summer.
Peter Thompson
Lucas' Marsh
13 April 2014
on soil beneath Alder
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pezizales
- Family:
- Helvellaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 13/04/2014 (Thompson, Peter)
- Last record:
- 13/04/2014 (Thompson, Peter)
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