Conical morel m its ordinarily smaller size, its narrowly conical 

 and more acutely pointed cap, which is scarcely broader at its 



base than the stem which 

 supports it, and in the small- 

 er pits of the cap. The 

 seeming disjirojiortion be- 

 tween the diameter of the 

 stem and its cap gives a kind 

 of deformity to the appear- 

 ance of the plant, which lack 

 of symmetry is sometimes 

 increased by the cap's being 

 strongly curved. The plant 

 is generally but two to three 

 inches high, but sometimes 

 specimens have been found 

 five or six inches high. 



The Delicious morel, M. 

 deliciosa, is easily known 

 by its long, narrow cap, 

 which is blunt at the top, 

 and therefore oblong or cyl- 

 indrical in shape. Occasion* 

 ally, it is a little more nar- 

 row in its upper half, but 

 even then it is not as sharply 

 pointed as in the ISTarrow- 

 cap morel, nor is the dispro- 

 portion between the diame- 

 ter of the cap and the stem 

 so great. As in that species, 

 the pits in the surface of the 

 cap are small and narrow, 

 and usually longer than 

 l:)road. It also is generally 

 but two or three inches high. In this part of the country it is 

 less common than either of the preceding sj)ecies. 



The Half-free morel, M. semilihera (by some called the Hy- 

 brid morel, M. hyhrida), and the Two-spored morel, M. hispora, 

 are of such rare occurrence that it is scarcely worth while to give 

 here a detailed description of them. Their essential characters 

 can be learned from the analytical table. 



Some writers speak highly of the edible qualities of morels; 



Morchella conk";!, full size. 



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