6 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



plicate at the bottom ; stem large, tall, thickened at the 

 base, hollow, attenuated upwards, sulcate, tomentose, 

 white or flesh-coloured ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia elliptic, 

 even, 17 — 20 X 8 — 11// ; paraphyses slightly thickened 

 above. 



In a hedgerow. Spring. Esculent. 



Morchella Smithiana — Cooke, " Mycogr.," fig. 318 ; 

 " Grevillea," xii. 98. Morchella crassipes — Smith in 

 Journal of Botany, 1868, t. 73. 



A fine, handsome species, reaching a height of 12 and 

 a diameter of 7 inches. 



Name — After Mr. Worthington G. Smith. 



Kingerswell, Devon (W. G. Smith). Terrington St. 

 Clements (C. B. Plowright). Malton, Yorkshire (Capt. 

 Taylor). 



B. PILEUS FREE AT THE BASE. 



5. Morchella gigas. Pers. 



Pileus conical, free at the base, which is somewhat 

 undulate ; ribs longitudinal, anastomosing ; pits large, 

 elongated, lacunose within; stem stout, long, enlarged 

 downwards, sulcate, dirty white, covered with ferruginous 

 squamules. hollow ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, elliptic, 

 22 — 27 X 12 — 16/x; paraphyses stout, septate, thickened 

 at the summit. 



Morchella gigas — Pers., " Svn. Fung.," p. 619 ; Fries, 

 " Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 11 ; Cooke, "Mycogr," fig. 328 ; B. and 

 Br., "Ann. Nat. Hist," No. 1921. Phallus squamosws — 

 Ventenant, p. 511. Phallus gigas — Batsch, "El," 131. 

 Phaloboletus esculentus — Mich, " Gen," t. 84, f. 1. Verpa 

 speciosa— Vitt, " Mang.," t. 15, f. 6,7. Morchella pat ula 

 — Tratt, " Essb. Schw," 173, t. FF. Mitrophora gigas 

 —Lev, "Ann. Sc. Nat," 1846, p. 250; Gill, " Champ," 

 p. 19, c. i. 



Exs.— Fckl, " F. Rh," 2089. 



On the earth in sandy places. Spring. 



A large species, attaining a height of 8 inches; the 

 pileus is smoky brown, with prominent longitudinal ribs, 



