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Key 9.2
Ascomycetes
(True morels, false morels, cup fungi,
earth tongues)
False Morels
| Does it fruit in the spring?
Yes |
Does it fruit in summer and fall?
Yes |
| Is it bell-shaped; caps smooth or wrinkled, stalk equal
and narrow? ...............................
Yes |
Is it cup-like, lobed to saddle-shaped; stalk various
shapes, often ribbed?
Yes |
| Is the cap smooth?
Yes |
Is the cap wrinkled?
Yes |
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You have a Verpa bohemica |
| Is it not found near melting snow banks?
Yes |
Is it found near or under snow banks in the Rockies?
Yes |
| Is the stalk deeply ribbed, white with red stains; cap
large, thin, very brittle?
Yes |
The stalk does not stain red? .........
....................... .........................
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Yes |
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You have a Gyromitra
californica |
| Is the cap massive, extremely wrinkled, dark brown;
grows in the East?
Yes |
Is the cap medium, yellow-brown to chocolate? ................................
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Yes |
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You have a Gyromitra
caroliniana |
| Is the cap saddle-shaped; stalk 1" - 2"?
Yes |
Is the cap wrinkled; stalk 0.4" - 1"? ...............................
Yes |
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You have a Gyromitra
brunnea |
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You have a Gyromitra
esculenta |
| Is the stalk nearly smooth?
Yes |
Is the stalk deeply ribbed?
Yes |
| Is the stalk 2" - 4" tall, thin, white; head
saddle-shaped and dark brown?
Yes |
Is the cap wrinkled; stalk 0.4" - 1"?
Yes |
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You have a Helvella elastica |
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You have a Gyromitra
infula |
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Is the stalk short, white; head cup shaped? ...................................
..................................
Yes |
Is the stalk long, pale reddish to red-brown; head
wrinkled, saddle-shaped to wrinkled?
Yes |
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You have a Paxina acetabulum |
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You have a Helvella lacunosa |
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You have a Gyromitra gigas |
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