Helvella crispa — Fluted White Elfin Saddle — Helvellaceae
Medium size mushroom. Cap obscurely saddle-shaped or irregular; margin not attached to the stalk. Upper surface whitish to pale gray, smooth to bumpy; lower surface colored as above, but minutely hairy. Stalk equal, fluted and chambered, extending as ribs onto the underside of the cap; colored as the cap. Saprophytic.
Habitat: Scattered in deep debris under Douglas-fir.
Scent: Not distinctive
Spores: White
Season: Autumn
Habitat: Scattered in deep debris under Douglas-fir.
Scent: Not distinctive
Spores: White
Season: Autumn
Saddle-shape cap
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White surface above and beneath
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