Family

Helvellaceae

Helvella compressa. Photo: (c) Alex Abair, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The Helvellaceae are a family of ascomycete fungi, the best-known members of which are the elfin saddles of the genus Helvella. Originally erected by Elias Magnus Fries in 1823 as Elvellacei, it contained many genera. Several of these, such as Gyromitra and Discina, have been found to be more distantly related in a molecular study of ribosomal DNA by mycologist Kerry O’Donnell in 1997, leaving a much smaller core clade now redefined as Helvellaceae. Instead, this…

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