The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·423950SpeciesFungi8,836 field observations
  1. Fungi Including Lichens
  2. ›Ascomycete Fungi
  3. ›Sac Fungi and Lichens
  4. ›Operculate Ascomycetes
  5. ›Pezizales
  6. ›Helvellaceae
  7. ›Helvella
Western Black Elfin Saddle
Plate 1 of 5. (c) Alan Rockefeller, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alan Rockefeller · via iNaturalist

Western Black Elfin Saddle

Helvella vespertina

Helvella vespertina is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae. It is found in Western North America under conifers.Some specimens have a white moldy appearance, having been colonised by the parasitic Ascomycete fungus Hypomyces cervinigenus.

Continue reading on Wikipedia
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Helvella vespertina in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 423950.