sandmorkel

Gyromitra esculenta Pers. ex Fr.

A species in the family Discinaceae, order Pezizales. Recorded under 3 common names across 2 languages.

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Classification

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

What it is called

Norwegian: sandmorkel
Northern Sami: bealljegouoppar

Also known as

Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.

Helvella esculenta Pers.
Helvella phalloides A.Cumino
Physomitra esculenta (Pers. ex Fr.) Boud.

Others in Gyromitra

Discina helvetica Discina intermedia Discina scrobiculata Gyromitra accumbens Gyromitra albofuliginosa Gyromitra ambigua Gyromitra americanigigas Gyromitra antarctica Gyromitra anthracobia Gyromitra apiculatula Gyromitra arctica Gyromitra birretum

Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).

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