Gyromitra esculenta (Pers.:Fr.) Fr.
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common name(s) : False Morel, Turban Fungus
New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Pezizomycetes/Pezizomycetidae/Pezizales/Discinaceae
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pezizomycetideae/Pezizales/Pezizineae/Helvellaceae
edibility : deadly poisonous
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The cap is brain-shaped, composed of folded lobes contorted in all directions, and white margin adhering to the stem, red-brown to brown-black, with a well differentiated stem, white or russet, short and irregular, furrowed.
The fertile surface is smooth.
It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods, mostly in higher altitudes, on a rather acid soil.
The fruiting period takes place from March to June.
Dimensions: |
width of cap approximately 8 cm (between 2 and 15 cm) |
| total height approximately 7 cm (between 2 and 16 cm) |
| width of stem approximately 25 mm (between 6 and 40 mm) |
Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet
Gyromitra esculenta is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Gyromitra esculenta in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18