Relating to or belonging to the order Helvellales or the genus Helvella; of or concerning cup fungi.
From Helvella (the fungal genus) plus -ic (an adjective-forming suffix). The genus Helvella itself comes from Latin helvella, relating to the cup-shaped fruiting bodies.
The term helvellic connects chemistry, taxonomy, and culinary tradition—some helvellic fungi produce compounds that were once used in traditional medicine, though many are actually toxic!
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