Verpa digitaliformis    Pers. 

common name(s) : Thimble Morel, Glove-finger Morel 

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

synonyms: Verpa conica 

edibility : edible if well cooked

photo gallery of Verpa digitaliformis
photo gallery of Verpa digitaliformis potential confusions with Verpa digitaliformis toxicity of Verpa digitaliformis genus Verpa  

The cap is bell- to thimble-shaped, smooth to wavy, without vertical ribs, light to dark brown, with a well differentiated, white to russet, finely hairy, arranged in horizontal bands.

The flesh is white, brittle and thin; its taste is faint, mild; the odour is faint or non disctinctive.

The fertile surface is smooth. The spore print is cream.

It grows on the ground, in mixed riparian woods, along hedges or streams, on rich soils, in fresh and damp areas, on a rather calcareous soil, with awthorn.

The fruiting period takes place from March to June.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2.5 cm (between 1 and 4 cm)
  total height approximately 8 cm (between 4 and 15 cm)
  width of stem approximately 13 mm (between 10 and 20 mm)

Chemical tests : asci tips not blued with Melzer's reagent.

Distinctive features : olive brown cap, thimble-shaped or bell-shaped, iregularly wrinkled and suspended on top of the stem; white to orange stem, dotted with brown, arranged in horizontal bands; in damp and rich areas

Verpa digitaliformis is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Verpa digitaliformis in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Verpa digitaliformis in the forest of Rambouillet



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