Helvella elastica

This species has been reported from Europe, montane areas of Asia, and montane and northern areas of North America. On a world basis this species appears to be doing well although there seems to be a dearth of data on selected populations over time.

This species has been reported from Europe, montane areas of Asia, and montane and northern areas of North America (Dissing 1966, Imazeki et al. 1988, Abbott and Currah 1997, Weber 1973 ) and is locally abundant. Its range concieveably includes much of the montane and north temperate to boreal Northern Hemisphere but data for large parts of Asia are not readily available.

ISMS data includes 105 sites (really collections, something wrong with the totals) within the region of the northern spotted owl; however only 33 or so individual sites are listed in the ISMS Buffer table and it does not appear that sites from Weber (1995) were included. This species has been reported from Europe, montane areas of Asia, and montane and northern areas of North America (Dissing 1966, Imazeki et al. 1988). Dissing's (1966) list of specimens examined is about 3.5 pages long; Abbott and Currah (1997) provide extensive information on collections in western Canada and parts of the western United States.

Global climate change, especially heating, could impact this species as could widespread anthopogenic activities resulting in decline or removal (e.g., logging) of forested areas (particularly of coniferous forests).