Wynella atrofusca    (Beck) Svr?ek 



New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Pezizomycetes/Pezizomycetidae/Pezizales/Helvellaceae  
 

synonyms: Helvella silvicola, Otidea auricula 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Wynnella atrofusca)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Wynella atrofusca toxicity of Wynella atrofusca genus Wynella  

The fruiting body is ear-shaped, erect, with a chestnut-brown to blackish internal surface, the external surface being paler, yellow-brown to red-brown, with a very short stem.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods, in higher altitudes, on a rather calcareous soil, with spruce.

The fruiting period takes place from August to October.
Dimensions:
  total height approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 7 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Wynella atrofusca is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is very rare, more generally speaking .



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