This paper deals with the taxonomy of Helvella fastigiata Krombholz = Gyromitra fastigiata (Krombh.) Rehm. This species was several times recently found in Europe and erroneously identified as the North American Neogyromitra caroliniana (Bose ex Fr.) Imai. The European collections, published under this name, are identical with the true Helvella fastigiata Krombholz, which was macroscopically well described and illustrated by its author in 1834. The type species of Krombholz remained unknown or misunderstood by most mycologists. A number of new collections made in 1971 in Moravia (Czechoslovakia) contributed to the clarification of this species, which belongs to the group of discomycetes placed in the genera Neogyromitra and Discina. Because — in the opinion of the authors — no essential differences between both genera exist, Helvella fastigiata is transferred to the genus Discina. With Discina fastigiata are identical: Gyromitra pratensis Velen., G. inflata sensu Velen., and Discina brunnea (Underw.) Raitviir.
Svrček M., Moravec J. (1972): Über die Helvella fastigiata Krombholz (Farbtafel Nr. 81). – Česká Mykologie 26(1): 1–8.
