Elastic Saddle

Helvelia elastica

Forests, parks, cemeteries. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 1-3.5 cm across, bell- or saddle-shaped, made up of 2-3 convex yellowish-brown, pale brown, greyish-brown lobes. Stem 3-6 (8)x0.3-0.6 (0.8) cm, thickening towards the base, smooth or sometimes slightly furrowed, yellowish, brownish. Flesh thin, greyish, fragile. Characteristic features: hymenium pale yellowish-brown, greyish-brown. Grows singly or in groups, favouring bright, open places. Not rare.