Gyromitra

Taxobox
name = Gyromitra


image_caption = "G. infula"
Albin Schmalfuß, 1897
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Ascomycota
subphylum = Pezizomycotina
classis = Pezizomycetes
ordo = Pezizales
familia = Discinaceae
genus = "Gyromitra"

"Gyromitra" is a genus of ascomycete mushrooms found in the northern hemisphere. The most famous member is the controversial false morel "(G. esculenta)". Highly poisonous when raw, it is edible and sought after in Scandinavian countries when cooked.

Analysis of the ribosomal DNA of many of the Pezizales showed the genus "Gyromitra" to be most closely related to the genus "Discina", and also "Pseudorhizina", "Hydnotrya", and only distantly related to "Helvella". Thus the four genera are now included in the family Discinaceae. [cite journal |author=O'Donnell K, Cigelnik E, Weber NS, Trappe JM |year=1997|title=Phylogenetic relationships among ascomycetous truffles and the true and false morels inferred from 18S and 28S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis |journal=Mycologia |volume=89 |issue=1 |pages=48–65|doi=10.2307/3761172]

List of species

*"Gyromitra ambigua"
*"Gyromitra brunnea"
*"Gyromitra bubakii"
*"Gyromitra californica"
*"Gyromitra caroliniana" (North America)
*"Gyromitra esculenta" - False morel
*"Gyromitra fastigiata"
*"Gyromitra gigas" - European Snow morel
*"Gyromitra infula" - Elfin saddle
*"Gyromitra korfii" - Possibly a synonym of "G. gigas"
*"Gyromitra leucoxantha"
*"Gyromitra montana" - North American Snow morel, possibly a synonym of "G. gigas"
*"Gyromitra perlata"
*"Gyromitra sphaerospora"

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