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Fungi: Ascomycota: Pezizomycetes: Pezizales: Helvellaceae: Helvella acetabulum (L.) Quél., 1874

Helvella acetabulum – Vinegar cup

Synonyms: Acetabula acetabulum, Acetabula barlae, Acetabula sulcata, Acetabula vulgaris, Aleuria acetabulum, Helvella dalgeri, Macroscyphus acetabuliforme, Octospora acetabulum, Paxina acetabulum, Paxina barlae, Paxina sulcata, Peziza acetabulum, Peziza sulcata, Phleboscyphus vulgaris.

Common name: vinegar cup.

Russian names: Lopastnik bokalchatyy, Gelvella bokalchataya, Paksina atsetabulum, Lopastnik obyknovennyy, Gelvella obyknovennaya, Atsetabula obyknovennaya, Lopastnik chashevidnyy.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Helvella acetabulum is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae, order Pezizales. This relatively large cup-shaped fungus is characterized by a tan fruit body with prominent branching ribs resembling a cabbage leaf; for this reason it is commonly known as the cabbage leaf Helvella. Other colloquial names include the vinegar cup and the brown ribbed elfin cup. The fruit bodies reaches dimensions of 8 cm (3.1 in) by 4 cm (1.6 in) tall. It is found in Asia, Europe, and North America, where it grows in sandy soils, under both coniferous and deciduous trees.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Cabbage leaf Helvella mushroom (<B>Helvella acetabulum</B>) near Dibuny, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-06-27.htm">June 27, 2017</A>
LinkCabbage leaf Helvella mushroom (Helvella acetabulum) near Dibuny, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 27, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Pesochnyy, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Cabbage leaf Helvella mushrooms (<B>Helvella acetabulum</B>) with a parasitic fungus Hypomyces cervinus (Hypomyces cervinigenus) near Dibuny, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-06-27.htm">June 27, 2017</A>
LinkCabbage leaf Helvella mushrooms (Helvella acetabulum) with a parasitic fungus Hypomyces cervinus (Hypomyces cervinigenus) near Dibuny, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 27, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Pesochnyy, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Cabbage leaf Helvella mushrooms (<B>Helvella acetabulum</B>) on roadside in pine forest near Dibuny, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-06-27.htm">June 27, 2017</A>
LinkCabbage leaf Helvella mushrooms (Helvella acetabulum) on roadside in pine forest near Dibuny, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 27, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Pesochnyy, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Cup mushroom <B>Helvella acetabulum</B> on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake, between Oselki and Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-06-28.htm">June 28, 2017</A>
LinkCup mushroom Helvella acetabulum on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake, between Oselki and Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 28, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664

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Acknowledgements

Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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