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(obsolete, West Midlands) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus, including the genus Helvella and the species Gyromitra esculenta..
Turban-top. Helvella. Gen. Pl. 1677. Mushroom top-shaped, smooth above and underneath.
The following have been observed on the eastern borders of Herefordshire in the vicinity of Malvern Hills, and are demeed rariores as natives of Great Britain: […] Helvella Gelatinosa. ––– ― Turban-top. ― Cartilagenea ––– Gristly Turban-top.
Among the poisonous fungi, which could be mistaken for the edible are the Agaricus piperatus puff-ball, the toad-stool and the poisonous orange agaricus, belonging to the cap-fungi and the turban top of the sack species, which often cause poisonous results owing to their resemblance to morels.
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Turban-top means (obsolete, West Midlands) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus, including the genus Helvella and the species Gyromitra esculenta..
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Turban-top. Helvella. Gen. Pl. 1677. Mushroom top-shaped, smooth above and underneath.
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