page_title: Elfin saddle
hierarchical_section_title: Elfin saddle
context_page_description: The common name elfin saddle is given to a number of Ascomycete fungi in the order Pezizales. These medium to small fungi often have irregular saddle-shaped caps. Species include:
  Gyromitra infula
  Helvella lacunosa
  Helvella elastica
  Helvella crispa
context_section_description: The common name elfin saddle is given to a number of Ascomycete fungi in the order Pezizales.  These medium to small fungi often have irregular saddle-shaped caps.  Species include:
  Gyromitra infula (elfin saddle)
  Helvella lacunosa (fluted black elfin saddle)
  Helvella elastica (brown elfin saddle)
  Helvella crispa (elfin saddle)
caption: Gyromitra infula, one of several species known as an "elfin saddle"
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