cap irregularly shaped, dark reddish brown with veins of stronger pigment; stalk strongly flattened and oval, colored concentric rings visible in cross-sectiongrowing in a group at the base of a fallen Ponderosa Pine.
Based on Arora's key in Mushrooms Demystified I'm suggesting G. infula, False Morel.
observed by Mr. Bill
A great looking find!!! iv been told that these have the same chemical compound that fuels jets or something of that nature!!
Ascomycete. Brown, wrinkly cap, and off-white/tan wrinkly stem. Growing near a stream.
Ascocarp with a wrinkly, leathery brown cap. Specimen is about 4.5cm wide and 8.6cm high. stalk is a creamy white.
Brown wrinkly elfin saddle mushroom found in spruce and vine maple forest, on very moist area in a channel. One growing on a decomposing piece of wood. Located near smokeycreek off Forest road 24 in Gifford Pinchot national Forest.
Apparently an Ascomycete. Has a puffball-type design, but also a stalk.
Gyromitra infula, commonly known as the hooded false morel or the elfin saddle, is a member of the ascomycete mushrooms in the family Helvellaceae. The dark reddish-brown caps of the fruit bodies develop a characteristic saddle-shape in maturity, and the ends of both saddle lobes are drawn out to sharp tips that project above the level of the fruiting body. The stem is white or flushed pale brown, smooth on the outside, but hollow with some...
