Helvella elastica Bull.
(Elastic Saddle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Helvella elastica (Elastic Saddle)
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 elastica 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.)

Records of Helvella elastica (Elastic Saddle) :
1: Helvella elastica (Elastic Saddle)
20 Aug 1978	OSGR: NO15	56° 40’ N, 3° 30’ W	Vice County: East Perthshire (VC 89)	Scotland

Helvella elastica (Elastic Saddle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Helvella
(saddle fungi)

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 elastica (Elastic Saddle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Helvella elastica (Elastic Saddle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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