False morel
Gyromitra esculenta
Poisonous: never pick it to eat.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Gyromitra esculenta
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Order
- Pezizales
- Family
- Discinaceae
- Under the cap
- Smooth
- Cap
- Domed
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Spring
- Habitat
- Conifer forest
- Spore print
- Yellow
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its toxin gyromitrin breaks down in the body into monomethylhydrazine, a chemical used as rocket fuel.
- The genus name Gyromitra comes from Greek words meaning round headband or turban.
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Similar fungi
- Common morel
Morchella esculenta
- Orange peel fungus
Aleuria aurantia
- Black truffle
Tuber melanosporum
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q900804 · All fungi · All entries