HELVELLA SULCATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Helvella sulcata mean? 

• HELVELLA SULCATA (noun)
  The noun HELVELLA SULCATA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HELVELLA SULCATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELVELLA SULCATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Helvella sulcata" is a kind of...):

helvella (any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds)

Holonyms ("Helvella sulcata" is a member of...):

genus Helvella (type genus of the Helvellaceae)