genus gyromitra

1. A genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a fertile portion that is tan to brown (synset 113057884)
   is a type of: fungus genus - includes lichen genera
   member holonym:

   • california false morel, gyromitra californica - a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a thick fluted stalk; found under conifers in California
   • gyromitra sphaerospora, round-spored gyromitra - a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a rosy pink fluted stalk and smooth round spores; found on hardwood slash east of the Great Plains
   • beefsteak morel, brain mushroom, gyromitra esculenta - a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown
   • gyromitra infula, saddled-shaped false morel - a poisonous fungus; saddle-shaped and dull yellow to brown fertile part is relatively even
   • gyromitra brunnea, gyromitra fastigiata - a lorchel with deep brownish red fertile part and white stalk
   • gyromitra gigas - a gyromitra with a large irregular stalk and fertile part that is yellow to brown and wrinkled; has early fruiting time
   belongs to: family helvellaceae, helvellaceae - family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous

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