Helvella ephippium

Helvella ephippium

"Helvella ephippium" is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae, Pezizales order. It appears in summer and autumn as an upright white stem up to 5 centimetres tall supporting a greyish-brown saddle-shaped cap. It is found in woodland and is variously listed as inedible or "edible but uninspiring".
Helvella ephippium in hebrew its name is something like "saddle", because of the saddle shape. Geotagged,Helvella ephippium,Israel,Winter

Distribution

This is a European species, also recorded in China.

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionAscomycota
ClassPezizomycetes
OrderPezizales
FamilyHelvellaceae
GenusHelvella
SpeciesH. ephippium
Photographed in
Israel