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Flexible Helvella
Helvella elastica
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Helvella elastica, commonly known as the flexible Helvella, elastic saddle, or brown elfin saddle, is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae of the order Pezizales. It has a roughly saddle-shaped yellow-brown cap atop a whitish stipe. It grows on soil in woods in Eurasia and North America.
- Family
- Helvellaceae
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- Name
- Helvella elastica
- Slug
- helvella-elastica
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Helvellaceae
- Genus
- Helvella
- Species
- elastica
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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