helvella sulcata

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   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

   Broaderhelvella

   Part ofgenus Helvella

Questions about helvella sulcata

What does helvella sulcata mean?

helvella sulcata means "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".

Is helvella sulcata a common word?

helvella sulcata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.