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Public Description of Gyromitra esculenta (Pers.) Fr.

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Name: Gyromitra esculenta (Pers.) Fr.
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Description status: Unreviewed

Taxonomic Classification:

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Discinaceae
Genus: Gyromitra


General Description:

Brown, brainlike cap on a white stem under conifers in the spring


Diagnostic Description:

Gyromitra infula occurs in the fall.


Distribution:

Widely distributed in Northern areas.


Look Alikes:

Gyromitra infula


References:

http://www.speciesfungorum.org/...


Notes:

Current Name:
Gyromitra esculenta (Pers.) Fr., Summa veg. Scand., Section Post. (Stockholm): 346 (1849)

Synonymy:
Helvella esculenta Pers., Comm. Schaeff. Icon. Pict.: 64 (1800)
Physomitra esculenta (Pers.) Boud., (1907)


Description author: walt sturgeon (Request Authorship Credit)
Description editor: Johannes Harnisch


Created: 2009-05-18 00:09:42 EDT (-0400) by Johannes Harnisch (Johann)
Last modified: 2011-11-27 00:59:45 EST (-0500) by walt sturgeon (Mycowalt)
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