Helvella L.
(saddle fungi)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Helvella acetabulum Vinegar Cup	Species	46 images
Helvella corium a saddle fungus	Species	3 images
Helvella crispa White Saddle	Species	19 images
Helvella elastica Elastic Saddle	Species	1 images
Helvella lacunosa Elfin Saddle	Species	18 images
Helvella latispora a saddle fungus	Species	21 images
Helvella macropus Felt Saddle	Species	2 images
Helvella pezizoides a saddle fungus	Species	6 images
Helvella phlebophora a saddle fungus	Species		1 ident. refs
Helvella silvicola a saddle fungus	Species		1 ident. refs
Helvella solitaria a saddle fungus	Species		1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Helvella (saddle fungi)
Family	HELVELLACEAE (false morels, saddle fungi and hypogeous discomycetes)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Helvella is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dissing, H.	1966	* The Genus Helvella in Europe *(Superseded)	Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Vol 25 (1).
()	Skrede, I, Carlsen, T. & Schumacher, T.	2017	A synopsis of the saddle fungi (Helvella: Ascomycota) in Europe – species delimitation, taxonomy and typification	Persoonia Vol 39: 201-253.

Helvella (saddle fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HELVELLACEAE
(false morels, saddle fungi and hypogeous discomycetes)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Helvella (saddle fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Helvella (saddle fungi)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Helvella is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)