Long-legged lobe (Helvella macropus)
Systematics:
- Department: Ascomycota (Ascomycetes)
- Subdivision: Pezizomycotina (Pesizomycotins)
- Class: Pezizomycetes (Pecicomycetes)
- Subclass: Pezizomycetidae (Pecicomycetes)
- Order: Pezizales
- Family: Helvellaceae (Helvellaceae)
- Genus: Helvella (Helvella)
- Species: Helvella macropus (Long-legged lobe)
Synonyms:
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Helwella long-legged
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Macropodia long-legged
Pseudo-hat: 2-6 cm in diameter, goblet or saddle-shaped (flattened from the sides), light, smooth, whitish-beige inside, darker outside (from gray to purple), with a pimpled surface. The pulp is thin, grayish, watery, without any special smell or taste.
Long-legged lobe stem: Height 3-6 cm, thickness – up to 0.5 cm, grayish, close in color to the inner surface of the cap, smooth or somewhat bumpy, often narrows in the upper part.
Spore-bearing layer: Located on the outer (dark, bumpy) side of the cap.
Spore powder: White.
Distribution: The long-legged lobe is found from mid-summer to the end of September (?) In forests of various types, preferring damp places; appears usually in groups. Often settles in mosses and strongly decomposed wood residues.
Similar species: Long-legged lobster has one striking feature: the stem, which allows this mushroom to be distinguished from a number of bowl-shaped lobes. However, this blade can be distinguished from some less common representatives of this genus only by microscopic features.
Edible: Obviously inedible.
Photo of the Long-legged lobe mushroom from the questions in recognition:
2019.04.04 Larisa 2019.08.20 Vitalij