Helvella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Order
- Pezizales
- Family
- Helvellaceae
- Genus
- Helvella
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Helvella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Helvella
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.
...Helvella in languages:
- Bokmål
- høstmorkler
- Chinese
- 馬鞍菌屬
- Czech
- chřapáč
- Danish
- Foldhat
- English
- Elfin Saddles
- French
- Helvelles
- German
- Lorcheln
- Hebrew
- מַרְדָּעִית
- Japanese
- ノボリリュウ属
- Lithuanian
- Alvytė
- Russian
- Лопастник
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.
Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Helvella acetabulum
- Helvella albella
- Helvella arcto-alpina
- Helvella atra
- Helvella branzeziana
- Helvella brevis
- Helvella capucina
- Helvella chinensis
- Helvella compressa
- Helvella corbierei
- Helvella corium
- Helvella costifera
- Helvella craterella
- Helvella crispa
- Helvella cupuliformis
- Helvella dissingii
- Helvella dryophila
- Helvella elastica
- Helvella ephippium
- Helvella exarata
- Helvella fallax
- Helvella fibrosa
- Helvella fusca
- Helvella gracilis
- Helvella griseoalba
- Helvella helvellula
- Helvella jocatoi
- Helvella juniperi
- Helvella lactea
- Helvella lacunosa
- Helvella levis
- Helvella macropus
- Helvella maculata
- Helvella monachella
- Helvella neopallescens
- Helvella nigricans
- Helvella pallidula
- Helvella palustris
- Helvella panormitana
- Helvella pezizoides
- Helvella phlebophora
- Helvella pithyophila
- Helvella rivularis
- Helvella robusta
- Helvella semiobruta
- Helvella solitaria
- Helvella stevensii
- Helvella subglabra
- Helvella sublicia
- Helvella subtinta
- Helvella sulcata
- Helvella vespertina
- Helvella villosa
- Helvella zhongtiaoensis
- Paxina subclavipes
Top Observation Places
- Carmichael
- Cambridge
- Coimbra
- Iowa City
- Pasadena
- Dublin
- Zheleznogorsk
- Austin
- Nanaimo
- Bellingham
- Olympia
- Portland
- Vancouver
- Beaverton
- Tigard
- Vancouver
- Burnaby
- New Westminster
- Seattle
- Bellevue
- Kirkland
- Redmond
- Shoreline
- Sammamish
- Santa Rosa
- Victoria
- San Francisco
- Oakland
- Berkeley
- Richmond
- Daly City
- Chinatown
- Alameda
- Walnut Creek
- San Rafael
- Novato
- Santa Cruz































































































































































