MORCHELLA. 5 



Var. a deliciosa. Fries. 



Pileus subcylindrical, acute ; stem short ; paraphyses 

 slender. 



Morchella deliciosa Fries, " Sys. Myco.," ii. 8 ; Cooke 

 in " Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin," x. pp. 440 ; " Mycogr.," f. 320 : 

 Kromb., t. xvi. f. 17-19 ; Quelet, " Champs.," pt. i. p. 381 ; 

 Gill., " Champ.," p. 16, c. i. Fungus cavernosus Weinm., 

 " Herb.," t. 553, f. 1. Morchella crispa Kromb., " Schw.," 

 t. 5, f. 25, 26. Vitt., "Mang," t. xiv. f. 6. 



Exs. M. costata Kze. and Schm., No. 193. 



[n grassy places. Spring. Esculent. 



Name From the French delicieuse, on account of its 

 flavour. 



Kinburn, St. Andrews, 1878 (Rev. M. L. Anderson). 



3. Morchella crassipes. Pers. 



Pileus subconical, brown, adnate at the base ; ribs 

 irregularly undulating, thick ; pits large, variable in 

 form, deep, the bottom celluloso-plicate ; stem large, tall, 

 incrassated at the base, lacunose, glabrous, somewhat flesh- 

 coloured ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, elliptic, yellowish, 

 24 X 12/z ; paraphyses barely enlarged upwards. 



Morchella cra^lpes Pers. " Syn. Fung.," p. 621; 

 Fries, "Sys. Myco.," ii. 9; Cooke, "Handbk. " No. 1939 ; 

 Kromb., "Schw.," t. 16, f. 1; Harzer, t. 78; Barla, t. 42, 

 f. 11; Cooke, "Mycogr.," fig. 319; Gill, "Champ," p. 16. 

 c. i. Phallus crassipes Ventenant, p. 509, f. 2. 



On the ground. Spring. Esculent. Attaining a 

 height of 12 inches. 



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Name Crassus, thick, pes, a foot ; thick stemmed. 



Kingskerswell, near Newton Abbot, Devonshire 

 (Miss L. C. Lott). Brockley Combe, near Bristol (Mr. C. 

 Bucknall). Castle Rising, Norfolk ! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). 



4. Morchella Smithiana. Cooke. 



Pileus subgiobose, tawny, adnate at the base ; ribs 

 irregular, undulating, thick ; pits polymorphous, deep, 



