Long-legged lobe (Helvella macropus)
- Departament: Ascomycota (Ascomycetes)
- Subdiviziunea: Pezizomycotina (Pezizomycotins)
- Clasa: Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
- Subclasa: Pezizomycetidae (Pezizomycetes)
- Comanda: Pezizales (Pezizales)
- Familia: Helvellaceae (Helwellaceae)
- Gen: Helvella (Helvella)
- Tip: Helvella macropus (Long-legged lobe)
Pseudo hat:
Diameter 2-6 cm, goblet or saddle-shaped (flattened laterally) shape, inside light, smooth, whitish-beige, outside – darker (from gray to purple), with a pimply surface. The pulp is thin, grayish, watery, without a special smell and taste.
Leg of the lobe of the long-legged:
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 narrowing in the upper part.
Stratul de spori:
Located on the outer (dark, bumpy) side of the cap.
Pulbere de spori:
Alb.
Spread:
The long-legged lobe is found from mid-summer to the end of September (?) in forests of various types, preferring damp places; usually appears in groups. Often settles in mosses and on heavily decomposed remains of wood.
Specii similare:
The long-legged lobe has one striking feature: a stem, which makes it possible to distinguish this fungus from a whole range of bowl-shaped lobes. However, this lobe can be distinguished from some less common representatives of this genus only by microscopic features.
Comestibilitate:
Evident, necomestibile.