Helvella macropus    (Pers.) P. Karst. 

common name(s) : Felt Saddle 

New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Pezizomycetes/Pezizomycetidae/Pezizales/Helvellaceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pezizomycetideae/Pezizales/Pezizineae/Helvellaceae  

synonyms: Macroscyphus macropus, Macropodia macropus, Cyathipodia macropus, Helvella bulbosa 

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Helvella macropus
photo gallery of Helvella macropus potential confusions with Helvella macropus toxicity of Helvella macropus genus Helvella  

The cap is cup-shaped, with a grey or brownish grey internal surface, the external being ash-grey, with a well differentiated stem, grey (same colour as cap), long and slender, hairy.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in the woods, on sandy soil.

The fruiting period takes place from June to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)
  total height approximately 5 cm (between 2.5 and 9 cm)
  width of stem approximately 4 mm (between 3 and 5 mm)

Distinctive features : hairy cap

Helvella macropus is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Helvella macropus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Helvella macropus in the forest of Rambouillet



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