Helvella solitaria

Helvella solitaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Helvellaceae
Genus:	Helvella
Species:	H. solitaria
Binomial name
	Helvella solitaria; (P.Karst.) P.Karst. (1871)
Synonyms
	Peziza solitaria P.Karst. (1869); Acetabula calyx Sacc. (1873); Lachnea solitaria (P.Karst.) Bizz. & Sacc. (1876); Peziza amphora Quél. (1877); Acetabula amphora (Quél.) Sacc. (1889); Paxina calyx (Sacc.) Kuntze (1891); Paxina amphora (Quél.) Kuntze (1891);

Helvella solitaria is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae. Originally described as Peziza solitaria by Petter Karsten in 1869, he transferred it to the genus Helvella in 1871.^[2] The fungus has a boreal and temperate distribution.^[3]

Helvella queletii is a synonym of this species.^[3]

Edibility

Consumption of this fungus is not recommended^{[according to whom?]} as similar species in the Helvellaceae contain the toxin gyromitrin.^{[citation needed]}

^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Helvella solitaria P. Karst". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
^ Karsten, P.A. (1871). Mycologia fennica. Pars prima. Discomycetes. Bidrag till Kännedom av Finlands Natur och Folk (in Latin). Vol. 19. p. 37.
^ ^a ^b Landeros F, Iturriaga T, Guzmán-Dávalos L (2012). "Type studies in Helvella (Pezizales) 1". Mycotaxon. 119: 35–63. doi:10.5248/119.35.