Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Pezizales Family: Helvellaceae
Species: Helvella lacunosa Afzel.
Synonyms: Helvella cinerea
Helvella lacunosa var. sulcata
Helvella subcostata
Helvella sulcata
Common Name: Elfin Saddle
Click on the dots to get a species list for the 10km square that it represents and see a map of that square. These maps are hosted on the Flora of Northern Ireland website, also part of the CEDaR network, with permission of Ordnance Survey NI. View the copyright statement here.

View this data on the NBN Gateway What does this mean?
This distribution map was produced using DMap
Helvella lacunosaPhotographer: © Stuart Dunlop
Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop

Photographer: © David Mitchel Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop
Have you a photograph, digital or otherwise that you would like to provide for this page? If so, please e-mail David Mitchel at the address given on the home page. Or you could try a Polish website that is a directory of images of fungi on the web. Click here
View this species in its UK context on the BMS Database
Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Beech (1)
Betula (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Poa (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Quercus (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Rubus fruticosus agg. (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (27)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (18)
Woodland: mixed (15)
Parkland and scattered trees (14)
Woodland (13)
Built up area, domestic (10)
Woodland: broadleaved (8)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (6)
Scrub (4)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (2)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (2)
Marsh/marshy grassland (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: plantation (2)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Ornamental gardens (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Dead Branch (1)
Root (1)
Soil (1)
Soil bare (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Soil Needle (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
August (5)
September (20)
October (55)
November (10)