Noun: Gyromitra esculenta
- A poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); colour varies from dull yellow to brown
"The Gyromitra esculenta's wrinkled surface resembles a brain";
- brain mushroom, beefsteak morel
Type of: gyromitra
Part of: genus Gyromitra
Encyclopedia: Gyromitra esculenta