Helvella leucomelaena (Pers.) Nannf.
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common name(s) : Sooty Cup, Two-tone Brain Fungus
New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Pezizomycetes/Pezizomycetidae/Pezizales/Helvellaceae
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pezizomycetideae/Pezizales/Pezizineae/Helvellaceae
synonyms: Paxina leucomelaena, Paxina leucomelas, Acetabula leucomelas
(unconfirmed synonyms: Acetabula vulgaris ss.auct., Helvella leucomelas)
edibility : discard
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The cap is deeply cup-shaped, with a grey-brown to brown-black internal surface, the external being pale grey to buff, with a well differentiated stem, but more or less distinct, ridged, buried in the soil, with prominent veins.
The fertile surface is smooth.
It grows on the ground, in coniferous or broad-leaved woods, on a rather calcareous soil, with spruce, pine.
The fruiting period takes place from April to September.
Dimensions: |
width of cap approximately 4 cm (between 2 and 10 cm) |
| total height approximately 3 cm (between 0.5 and 5.5 cm) |
| width of stem approximately 13 mm (between 10 and 15 mm) |
Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet
Helvella leucomelaena is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Helvella leucomelaena in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18