MORCIIELLA. 5 



Var. a delidosa. Fries. 



Pileus subcylindrical, acute ; stem short; paraphyses 

 slender. 



Morchella deliciosa — Fries, " Sys. Bffyco.," 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. 1C, c. i. Fungus cavernosas — Weinm, 

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

 t. 5, f. 25, 20. Yitt., " 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^u ; paraphyses barely enlarged upwards. 



Morchella crassipes — 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 — Yentenant, p. 509, f. 2. 



On the ground. Spring. Esculent. Attaining a 

 height of 12 inches. 



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. PlowrighU. 



4. Morchella Smithiana. Cooke. 



Pileus subglobose, tawny, adnate at the base ; ribs 

 irregular, undulating, thick ; pits polymorphous, deep, 



