Elfin Saddle
Elfin Saddle - Helvella lacunosa
Alternative names
Slate-grey Saddle, Fluted Black Elfin Saddle
Description
A variable species, usually dark grey to black, with the irregular saddle-shaped upper part attahced to a paler longitudinally grooved stem.
[note: this is a complex of species]
Identification difficulty
Recording advice
Photograph in habitat; note substrate and associated tree species
Habitat
Under trees and in woodland, often on disturbed soils
When to see it
Summer and autumn.
Melinda Bell
Hicks Lodge,Education Trail
16 November 2022
Melinda Bell
Moira Junction
17 October 2022
Melinda Bell
New Lount Nature Reserve
20 October 2019
Melinda Bell
New Lount Nature Reserve
20 October 2019
Frank Bedford
Moira Junction off Ashby Woulds Trail
28 December 2020
Elfin Saddle
Melinda Bell
Hicks Lodge,Education Trail
16 November 2022
Natalie Woolrych
Moira junction nature Reserve
23 October 2022
Natalie Woolrych
Moira junction nature Reserve
23 October 2022
Melinda Bell
Hicks Lodge,Education Trail
16 November 2022
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