Gyromitra californica

Species of fungus

Gyromitra californica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Discinaceae
Genus: Gyromitra
Species:
G. californica
Binomial name
Gyromitra californica
(W. Phillips) Raitv. (1965)
Synonyms[1]
  • Helvella californica W. Phillips (1879)

Gyromitra californica, commonly known as the umbrella false morel,[2] is a species of fungus in the family Discinaceae.[1] It was described as Helvella californica by W. Phillips in 1879. It is considered probably poisonous.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gyromitra californica (W. Phillips) Raitv. (1965)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  2. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  3. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 508. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
Species of fungus
Gyromitra californica
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Mycological characteristics
Smooth hymenium
Hymenium attachment is not applicable
Stipe is bare
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is not recommended or poisonous
  • Gyromitra californica in Index Fungorum
Taxon identifiers
Gyromitra californica
Helvella californica
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