SCIENTIFIC NAME: GYROMITRA ESCULENTA
VERNACULAR NAME: FALSE MOREL
Fig 1
FRUIT BODY Up to 12cm tall. The creamy-white, smooth stem is topped by a brain-like cap that begins dark reddish-brown in colour and pales slightly with age. The wrinkles and folds of the cap can in some instances be almost absent but they are usually a distinguishing factor and make this fungus readily identifiable down to genus. The stem contains several tube-like hollows and is an important ID factor.
GILLS/PORES N/A
FLESH Thin and fragile with no convincing taste or odour.
SPORES Cream and elliptical with two yellowish oil droplets.
HABITAT Found both in coniferous or deciduous woods on the ground.
SEASON Infrequent.  Spring.
EDIBILITY Inedible. r

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