﻿OF 
  BRITISH 
  FUNQI. 
  151 
  

  

  Family 
  VI. 
  

   ASCOMYCETES, 
  or 
  HELVELLACE.EJ. 
  

  

  Sporidia 
  generally 
  eight 
  together, 
  contained 
  in 
  a 
  case 
  

   or 
  ascus. 
  

  

  Order 
  XXV.-ELVELLACEI. 
  

  

  Substance 
  soft; 
  hymenium 
  at 
  length 
  exposed. 
  

  

  Genera. 
  

  

  258. 
  Receptacle 
  clavate 
  or 
  pileate. 
  Hymenium 
  folded 
  

  

  and 
  pitted. 
  Morchella, 
  Dill. 
  

  

  259. 
  Eeceptacle 
  inflated, 
  rough 
  with 
  raised 
  ribs. 
  

  

  Gyromitra, 
  Fr. 
  

  

  2G0. 
  Eeceptacle 
  pileate, 
  barren 
  below. 
  Hymenium 
  

   even. 
  Helvella, 
  Link. 
  

  

  201. 
  Eeceptacle 
  clavate 
  or 
  conical. 
  Hymenium 
  rugu- 
  

   lose 
  or 
  nearly 
  even. 
  Verpa, 
  Schwartz. 
  

  

  262. 
  Fleshy, 
  capitate. 
  Hymenium 
  surrounding 
  the 
  

  

  inflated 
  head. 
  Mitrula, 
  Fr. 
  

  

  263. 
  Eeceptacle 
  capitate, 
  compressed, 
  running 
  down 
  

  

  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  stem. 
  

  

  Spathtjlaria, 
  Pers. 
  

   204. 
  Eeceptacle 
  pileate, 
  margin 
  revolute, 
  covered 
  every- 
  

   where 
  with 
  the 
  smooth 
  viscid 
  hymenium. 
  

  

  Leotia, 
  Hill. 
  

  

  265. 
  Receptacle 
  capitate, 
  margin 
  adnate. 
  Asci 
  and 
  

   spures 
  ejected, 
  rendering 
  the 
  hymenium 
  vel- 
  

   vety. 
  VlBBISSEA, 
  Fr 
  

  

  vt 
  

  

  