korvasieni

korva (“ear”) +‎ sieni (“mushroom”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkorʋɑˌsie̯ni/, [ˈko̞rʋɑ̝ˌs̠ie̞̯ni]
• Rhymes: -ieni
• Syllabification^(key): kor‧va‧sie‧ni
• Hyphenation^(key): korva‧sieni

korvasieni

1. brain mushroom, turban fungus, Gyromitra esculenta

   Korvasienien syönti on turvallista vain, kun ne on valmistettu oikein; muuten ne ovat tappavan myrkyllisiä.

   Brain mushrooms are only safe to eat if correctly prepared, and otherwise they are lethally poisonous.

2. (loosely) false morel, any mushroom of the genus Gyromitra; (in the plural) the genus Gyromitra

korvasieni, in the sense Gyromitra esculenta, is often ambiguously translated into English as false morel or even more misleadingly as morel (a term which usually refers to mushrooms referred to in Finnish as huhtasieni). The latter is a particularly dangerous mistranslation, as brain mushrooms are highly toxic (even potentially lethally so) and need to be prepared correctly in order to be safe for consumption.

• laakakorvasieni (Gyromitra perlata)
• lehtokorvasieni (Gyromitra gigas)

• “korvasieni”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

korva (“ear”) +‎ sieni (“mushroom”) Related to Finnish korvasieni.

korvasieni (genitive korvasienen, partitive korvasiendä)

1. mushroom of the genus Gyromitra

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “korvasieni”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN