Gyromitra gigas

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iSnow Morel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Helvellaceae
Genus: Gyromitra
Species: G. gigas
Binomial name
Gyromitra gigas
(Krombh.) Cooke 1878
Gyromitra gigas
mycological characteristics:
 
smooth hymenium
 

cap is convex

 

hymenium attachment is not applicable

 

stipe is bare

 
 

spore print is yellow or buff

 
 

ecology is saprophytic or mycorrhizal

 

edibility: inedible


Gyromitra gigas, known as the Snow morel, is a member of the Ascomycota unlike many larger fungi encountered in the wild. Inedible, it is found in Europe, while the North American form originally considered to be this species is now G. montana.


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