Flesh: ochraceous.
Spore-print: cream.
Spores: very long, broadly ellipsoid, pale honey, smooth but for some small granules at each end, and 16-23 × 11-14 µm in size; eight contained in an elongate cylindrical ascus.
Habitat & Distribution: Infrequent in gardens, on river-banks, sites of bonfires, etc., in spring.
Illustrations: F7c; LH 41; NB 413.
Plate 68. Morels and related fungi
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Gyromirta esculenta (Persoon) Fries Turban-fungus
Cap: width 30-40 mm; length 35-45 mm. Stem: width 15-25 mm; length 50-80 mm.