Helvella atra, commonly known as the dark elfin saddle,[1] is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae of the order Pezizales.

Helvella atra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Helvellaceae
Genus: Helvella
Species:
H. atra
Binomial name
Helvella atra
J. König
Synonyms

Leptopodia atra (J. König) Boud

Distribution

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This species has been found in China[2] and Japan.[3] It is listed in A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas[4] and has been reported on iNaturalist as having been found once in western North Carolina and across similar latitudes, including several times across the Eastern US, in Europe, Russia, etc.

References

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  1. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  2. ^ Zhuang WY. (2004). "Preliminary survey of the Helvellaceae from Xinjiang, China". Mycotaxon. 90 (1): 35–42.
  3. ^ Nagao H. (2002). "Fungal flora in Chiba Pref., central Japan (III) Ascomycetes: Plectomycetes and Discomycetes". Journal of the Natural History Museum and Institute Chiba (in Japanese). 5: 111–32.
  4. ^ Bessette1 Bessette2 Hopping3, Alan1 Arleen2 Michael3 (2018). A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 349. ISBN 9781469638539.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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Helvella atra
 Smooth hymenium
 Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
 Stipe is bare
 Ecology is mycorrhizal
 Edibility is unknown