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Grzybiarz is a mobile app for mushroom foragers. Its on-device AI helps you spot fruiting bodies in the leaf litter and suggests a species from a photo, and the app keeps a private map of your finds. Everything runs on your phone and works fully offline in the forest without signal.

White SaddleHelvella crispa

harmful

White SaddleHelvella crispa

Photo: (c) Eugene Popov, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Habitat

deciduous forests

mixed forests

beech forests

parks, treelines

Season

from August to November

Helvellaceae

2–8 cm

Season

At its peakThe peak lasts until early November and the season usually until late November.

Today · 22–28 Oct100% of peak

how often reportedpeak

Season

Aug–Nov

Peak

Sep–Nov

Reports

143from Poland, few

Curve from 143 observations (iNaturalist, Poland), smoothed week by week. It shows when foragers most often report the species, not how much of it grows.

Key features

Cap shaped like an irregular, folded saddle or cabbage leaf, cream white to yellowish, with a wavy, curled margin. Stem white, characteristically deeply furrowed lengthwise with distinct ribs and chambers inside; raw, it contains monomethylhydrazine; not recommended for eating.

Similar (be careful)Confusions documented in our database

False MorelGyromitra esculenta

deadly

The White Saddle has a WHITE saddle-shaped cap and a ribbed stem; the False Morel has a BROWN brain-like cap and a smooth stem. Helvella also requires heat treatment.

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