I3EITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



Var. a. rotunda. Pers. 



Pers, "Syn. Fung," 619; Mich., t. 85, fig. 1.; Glecl, 

 "Meth," 61, t. 11, f. A (left-hand lower figure); Sow., 

 t. 51 (left-hand figure); Grev., t. 68; Barla, t. 42, f. 1-7; 

 Cooke, "Mycogr," f. 313; Gill, "Champ. Icon." 



Exs. Thum, "Fung. Aus." 313. 



In woods and bushy places, chiefly in a sandy soil, 

 Spring. Esculent. Colour whitish pallid ; when dry 

 straw-coloured, or pale yellow. 



Name Rotundus, round ; from the round pileus. 



Langholm, in Eskdale ; Lugton Wood, near Dalkeith 

 fLightfoot). Banks of the river Almond at Foxhall (Capt. 

 Wauch). North Wootton, Norfolk! (Mr. C. B. Plow- 

 right). Near Chislehurst (Mr. F. Currey). 



2. Morchella conica. Pers. 



Pileus conical, terete, oblong, adnate at the base ; 

 primary ribs longitudinal, obtuse, secondary forming 

 transverse folds ; pits elongated, narrow, plicato-lacunose ; 

 stem subterete, cylindrical, whitish; asci cylindrical; 

 sporidia elliptic, slightly oval, 20 x 12^; paraphyses 

 enlarged upwards. 



Morchella esculenta, 8 conica Fries, "Sys. Myco," 

 ii. 7. Morchella conica Pers, " Comest," 257 ; Barla, 

 t. 42, f. 8-10; Favre-Guill, 49; Kromb., t 16, f. 7-10; 

 Sv., "Bot," t. 258; Cooke, "Mycogr," f. 315; Gill, 

 "Champ," p. 17, c. i.; Pat, p. 69, f. 160. Morchella 

 ceracea Kromb, t. 16, f. 11, 12. Morchella continua- 

 Tratt, "Austr," t. 6, f. 11. Morchella rigida Kromb, 

 t. 16, f. 13, t. 17, f. 1-2; Quelet, "Champ," pt. i. p. 381. 

 Morchella acuminata Kickx. ; Gill, "Champ," p. 17, 

 c. i. 



On the ground. Esculent. Three to four inches 

 high. 



Name Conus, a cone ; from the cone-shaped pileus. 



Woods at Westbury, near Bristol (Mr. C. E. Broome). 

 Near Mansfield, Notts. (Mr. F. Currey). Sluie, Scotland 

 (Rev. Dr. Jas. Keith). Forres, Scotland (Dr. M. C. Cooke). 



