MORCHELLA. 7 



united by transverse ribs, the intervals forming irregular 

 oblong pits ; the height varies from 2 to 3 inches, the 

 width about 2\ inches ; the stem is hollow, about 1 inch 

 wide at the top, and 2.1 inches at the bottom, sulcate, 

 coated with rust-coloured squamules. It is said to be 

 esculent. 



Name — ylyag, a giant ; from the large size. 



Coed Coch, North Wales (Mrs. Lloyd Wynn). North 

 Wootton ! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). 



6. Morchella semilibera. D. C. 



Pileus conical, free half-way up ; ribs longitudinaL 

 forming oblong pits, which are veined within; stem 

 nearly even; asci cylindrical; sporidia 8, elliptic, 22 X 14/i ; 

 paraphyses scarcely thickened above. 



Morchella semilibera— D. C, " Flo. Fr.," ii. 212 ; Fries, 

 "Sys. Myco," ii. p. 10; Vitt., "Mang," t. xiv. figs. 1-4; 

 Cooke, "Mycogr," fig. 321; Quelet, "Champ.," pt. i. 

 p. 381. Morchella patula— Cooke, " Handbk.," No. 1940 ? 

 M. rete— Vers., " Myco. Eur.," i. 205. M. hybrida— 

 Pers., " Syn. Fung.," p. 620 ; Grev., t. 89. Phallus rete 

 — Batsch, " EL," p. 131. Phalloboletus esculentus — Mich., 

 " Gen.," t. 84, f. 2. Helvella hybrida — Sow., " Fung.," 

 t. 238. Phallus patulus—G\e±, " Meth.," 59. Mitro- 

 phora semilibera — Lev., "Ann. Sc. Nat.," 1846, p. 250; 

 Gill, " Champ.," p. 19, c. i. 



Exs.— Cooke, " Fung. Brit.," ii. No. 361 ; " Erb. Crit. 

 Ital.," i. 270, ii. 239 ; Rabh, " Fung. Eur.," 1417 ; Desm., 

 " Crypt. Fr.," i. 424 ; Fckl, " F. Rh," 2088 ; Phil., " Elv. 

 Brit," 51. 



On the ground. Spring. Esculent. 



From 2 J to 5 inches high ; pileus short (about 1 inch), 

 rather acute, lutescent, when dry dirty fulvous ; stem 

 whitish. 



Name — Semi, half, liber, free ; the pileus being free 

 from the stem half-way up. 



King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). 

 Foxhall (Capt. Wauch). Near Darlington (Mr. Robson). 

 Badsey (Mr. Rufford). Richmond, Yorkshire (Rev 



