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English
Noun
turban-top (plural turban-tops)
- (obsolete, West Midlands) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus, including the genus Helvella and the species Gyromitra esculenta.
1798, Charles Abbot, Flora Bedfordiensis, Comprehending Such Plants as Grow Wild in the County of Bedford, Arranged According to the System of Linnæus, with Occasional Remarks, Bedford: W. Smith, page 320:Turban-top. Helvella. Gen. Pl. 1677. Mushroom top-shaped, smooth above and underneath.
1805, John Duncumb, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Hereford. Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, London: Richard Phillips, pages 170–171:The following have been observed on the eastern borders of Herefordshire in the vicinity of Malvern Hills, and are demeed rariores as natives of Great Britain: […]
Helvella Gelatinosa. ––– ― Turban-top.
― Cartilagenea ––– Gristly Turban-top.
1904, Kaiserliches Gesundheitsamt, Hygiene and Sanitation, 9th edition, Berlin: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, § 69 Fungi and Mushrooms, page 71:Among the poisonous fungi, which could be mistaken for the edible are the Agaricus piperatus puff-ball, the toad-stool and the poisonous orange agaricus, belonging to the cap-fungi and the turban top of the sack species, which often cause poisonous results owing to their resemblance to morels.
1967, S. Franke, U. Freimuth, P. H. List, “Über die Giftigkeit der Frühjahrslorchel Gyromitra (Helvella) esculenta Fr. 14. Mitteilung Pilzinhaltsstoffe [(after Y.H. Hui 2019 Foodborne Disease Handbook Volume III: Plant Toxicants, CRC Press, bibliography) On toxicology of the turban top Gyromita (Helvetia) esculenta Fr. 14. Substances contained in mushrooms.]”, in Archives of Toxicology, volume 22, →DOI, pages 293–332:
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