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Helvella crispa (White Saddle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Helvella crispa, also known as the white saddle, elfin saddle or common helvel, is an ascomycete fungus of the Helvellaceae family. The mushroom is readily identified by its irregularly shaped whitish cap, fluted stem, and fuzzy undersurfaces. It is found in eastern North America and in Europe, near deciduous trees in summer and autumn.
View Wikipedia Record: Helvella crispa

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States
Il-Ballut tal-Wardija (l/o San Pawl il-Bahar) 50 Malta  
L-Imgiebah / Tal-Mignuna Area 436 Malta  

Predators

Tilachlidium brachiatum[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Hypomyces cervinus[1]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0