Definition of Helvella

1. Noun. Any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds.

Generic synonyms: False Morel
Group relationships: Genus Helvella
Specialized synonyms: Helvella Crispa, Miter Mushroom, Helvella Acetabulum, Helvella Sulcata

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helvella

helpmeets
helps
helps out
helpsheet
helpsheets
helpsome
helpt
helpworthy
helsinki declaration
helter
helter-skelter
helter-skelters
helters
helve
helved
helvella (current term)
helves
helving
helvite
hem
hem-
hem-line
hem and haw
hem in
hemachate
hemachates
hemachrome
hemacite
hemacyanin
hemacytometer

Literary usage of Helvella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1901)
"... helvella lacunosa Cap—Of one piece, thin and flexible like rubber cloth, folded to saddle the apex of the stem. The two saddle-flaps are attached on ..."

2. Journal of Mycology by William Ashbrook Kellerman, Job Bicknell Ellis, Benjamin Matlack Everhart (1902)
"1785. 120. helvella GRACILIS Peck, 24. NY Rep. 1871. 121. helvella ... helvella esculenta Persoon, Comm. 1800. This species is recorded in Lea's Catalogue. ..."

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