Definition of Helvella sulcata

1. Noun. A helvella with an irregularly convoluted cap that is dark brown when young and becomes dull grey with age; the lower surface of the cap is smooth and pale grey; the stalk is thick and deeply fluted.

Group relationships: Genus Helvella
Generic synonyms: Helvella

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helvella Sulcata

Heloderma
Heloderma horridum
Heloderma suspectum
Helodermatidae
Heloise
Helotiaceae
Helotiales
Helotium
Helsingfors
Helsinki
Helsinkian
Helsinkians
Helvella acetabulum
Helvella crispa
Helvella esculenta
Helvella sulcata
Helvellaceae
Helvetia
Helvetian
Helvetians
Helvetic
Helvetica
Helvetism
Helvetisms
Helweg
Helweg's bundle
Helweg-Larssen
Helweg-Larssen syndrome
Helwingia
Helxine

Literary usage of Helvella sulcata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1899)
"helvella sulcata Afz. Stem sulcate, with deep longitudinal furrows and thin ribs, somewhat lacunose ..."

2. Fungi; Their Nature and Uses by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1880)
"... but is not British, although it extends to North America, as also does Helvella sulcata, Afz. Intermediate between the morel and Helvella is the species ..."

3. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology by George. Massee (1895)
"helvella sulcata, Afz., Vet. Ac. Handl., 1873. p. 306; Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 12; Sacc., Syll., n. 48. Solitary or gregarious; very variable in size, ..."

4. A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, John Wright (1831)
"... on the outside; as helvella sulcata.—1]. Scaly (squamosus), covered with firmly attached scales.—12. ..."

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