turban-top

Noun

turban-top (plural turban-tops)

1. (West-Midlands, obsolete) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus, including the genus Helvella and the species Gyromitra esculenta.
   • Turban-top. Helvella. Gen. Pl. 1677. Mushroom top-shaped, smooth above and underneath.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...
   • 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.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...