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HELVELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does helvella mean?
• HELVELLA (noun)
The noun HELVELLA has 1 sense:
1. any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds
Familiarity information: HELVELLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("helvella" is a kind of...):
false morel (a fungus of the family Helvellaceae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "helvella"):
Helvella crispa; miter mushroom (a helvella with a saddle-shaped fertile part and creamy color; the stalk is fluted and pitted)
Helvella acetabulum (a helvella with a cup-shaped fertile body having a brown interior; the stalk is creamy white and heavily ribbed)
Helvella sulcata (a helvella with an irregularly convoluted cap that is dark brown when young and becomes dull grey with age; the lower surface of the cap is smooth and pale grey; the stalk is thick and deeply fluted)
Holonyms ("helvella" is a member of...):
genus Helvella (type genus of the Helvellaceae)
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