Helvella solitaria is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae. Originally described as Peziza solitaria by Petter Karsten in 1869, he transferred it to the genus Helvella in 1871.[2] The fungus has a boreal and temperate distribution.[3]
| Helvella solitaria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Helvellaceae |
| Genus: | Helvella |
| Species: | H. solitaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Helvella solitaria (P.Karst.) P.Karst. (1871)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Helvella queletii is a synonym of this species.[3]
Edibility
editConsumption of this fungus is not recommended[according to whom?] as similar species in the Helvellaceae contain the toxin gyromitrin.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Helvella solitaria P. Karst". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ^ Karsten, P.A. (1871). Mycologia fennica. Pars prima. Discomycetes. Bidrag till Kännedom av Finlands Natur och Folk (in Latin). Vol. 19. p. 37.
- ^ a b Landeros F, Iturriaga T, Guzmán-Dávalos L (2012). "Type studies in Helvella (Pezizales) 1". Mycotaxon. 119: 35–63. doi:10.5248/119.35.
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