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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of discomycetous fungi, growing on the ground and closely allied to the morels (Morchella), type of the Helvellaceæ.
  • noun A fungus belonging to this genus.

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  • noun any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds

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