HELVELLA. 13 



Gill, " Champ," p. 10, c. i. ; Pat, p. 121, f. 272. H. mona- 

 chella — Thum, " Fung. Aus," No. 11. 



Exs. — Thum., "Fung. Aus," No. 11 ; Roumg, " Fung. 

 Gal," 1209. 



On the ground in woods. Autumn. Esculent ? 



Solitary, rarely gregarious, totally glabrous, certainly 

 distinct from the preceding. Stem stuffed, 2 inches long, 

 4 to 5 lines thick, terete, attenuated upwards, ploughed by 

 deep longitudinal furrows; ribs slender, solid, not lacunoso- 

 tistulose, as in the preceding; pileus deflexed, equally 

 2 to 3 lobed, compressed, even, when dry darker, sides of 

 the interior adnate to the stem (Fries, I. c). 



Name — Sulcatus, made in furrows ; from the furrowed 

 pileus. 



Andover (B. and Br, "Ann. Nat. Hist," No. 764). 

 Glamis, Scotland (Rev. J. Stevenson). Bowwood (Mr. 

 0. E. Broome). Near Hereford ! New Pitsligo, Scotland 

 (Rev. J. Fergusson). Kew Gardens (Dr. M. C. Cooke). 



4. Helvetia subcostata. Cooke. 



Pileus deflexed, free, sublobate, even, the under side 

 paler, ribbed, and veined; stern equal, longitudinally 

 ribbed; asci cylindrical; sporidia elliptic, obtuse, uniguttu- 

 late,18 — 20 x lO^u; paraphyses thickened and brown above. 



Helvetia costata — Afz. in " Herb. Berk." (non 

 Schweinitz). 



Pileus 2J inches broad ; stem 2^ inches long. The 

 under side of the pileus has branching ribs, and is quite 

 free from the stem. 



Name — Sub, somewhat, costatus, ribbed ; from the 

 somewhat ribbed pileus. 



Glamis, Hunter's Hill (Rev. J. Stevenson). Andover 

 (1856, "Herb. Berk."). 



B. STEM STOUT, NEARLY EVEN. 



5. Helvetia infula. Schreff. 



Pileus lobate, deflexed, even; margin adhering very 

 closely to the stem, at length undulate, subcinnamo- 



