Gyromitra esculenta aka Brain Mushroom CAP: 3-11cm broad, 3-6cm tall, convoluted, lobed, red-brown, blackens w/ age, attached to stalk @ several points, margin hollow/chambered, flesh thin/brittle. STIPE: 1-8cm long, 1-4cm thick, tapering upward, cap colored or paler. HABITAT: humus under pine trees/conifers. COMMENTS: resembles G. infula more to me