Clades:
Pezizales; Pezizomycetes;
Ascomycota;
Fungi;
Plants.
Genera: Choiromyces, Dingleya, Labyrinthomyces, Paradoxa, Reddellomyces, Tuber.
Mycology: includes the genus Tuber, which includes the so-called "true" truffles.
Taxonomy: molecular study of ribosomal DNA by mycologist Kerry O'Donnell in 1997 found that a small clade now redefined as
Helvellaceae is very closely related.
HelvellaceaeClades:
Pezizales; Pezizomycetes;
Ascomycota;
Fungi;
Plants.
Genera: 6 genera; 63 species.
Genera: Balsamia, Barssia, Helvella, Underwoodia, Wynnella.
Name: Elfin saddles.
Taxonomy: originally erected by Elias Magnus Fries in 1823 as Elvellacei, it contained many genera; several such as Gyromitra and Discina, have been found to be more distantly related in a molecular study of ribosomal DNA by mycologist Kerry O'Donnell in 1997, redefined as
Helvellaceae. Leucangium, previously classified in this family, is classified in
Morchellaceae.