658 ELVELLACEl. 



nearly smooth ; asci rather large ; spores large, oval, granular. 

 — Kromhh. t. 20. Cu?i\ Linn. Trans, xxiv. t. 25, /. 25. Ann. N.H. 

 no. lOGO. 



On the ground. Blackheath Park. 



Very variable in colour. 



1944. Helvella crispa. Fr. " Pallid Helvella." 



Pileus deflexed, lobed, at length free, crisped, pallid ; stem 

 fistulose, costato-lacunose ; asci sub-clavate ; sporidia ovate, 

 hyaline, granular. — Vent. t. 11, f. 110. Corda. Anl. t. G.f. 67, 7- 

 8. Bisch.f.S274:. Fckl.exs. no. 124:2. Fr. S.M.ii.p. 14.. Berk. 

 Outl. t. 21, f, 4. Grev. 1. 143. Sow. t. 39. Eai/. Syn. ed. 3,^9. 8, no. 

 59. Schceff.t. 282. BuU.t.AGQ. Fl. Dan. 1. 1660. Cooke B.F.f. 

 i. Mich. t. 86,/. 7. Gled. t. 2,/. 3. Batt. t. 2,/. 9. Tratt. Ess. t. D. 

 D. Eng. FI.y. p. 184. Frice.t. 7,/. 47. Badh. i. t. 14,/. 2, ii. t. 5, 

 /I. Smith E.M.f. 16. Verit. t. 31, f.l, 2. Rav. exs.Yi.no.lh. 

 Berk. exs. no. 264. 



In woods. Common. Esculent. [S. Carolina.] 



Pileus wLitish. flesli coloured, or yellowisli. Stem 3-5 in, high, snowy- 

 •white, deeply lacunose and ribbed, the ribs hollow. — Eng. Fl. 



1945. Helvella lacunosa. Afz. " Cinereous Helvella." 



Pileus inflated, lobed, cinereous black, lobes deflexed, adnate ; 

 stem fistulose, costato-lacunose ; asci cylindrical, stipitate; 

 sporidia ovate, hyaline. — Badh. i. 1. 14:, f. 1. Fl. Boruss. t. 383. 

 Vent.t.Sl,f.4:-6. Fl. Dan.t.l^68,f.l. Bail.t.21. Fckl.exs, 

 no. 1241. Price t. 16, f. 100. Fr. S.M. \\.p. 15. Holms, ii. t. 24. 

 Schwf.t. 154,^.162. Nees.f.l63. Cooke B.F.f.k. Eng. FI.y. p. 

 184. Grev. t. 36. Berk. exs. no. 265. 



In woods. Common. Esculent. [Low. Carolina.] 



Stem white or dusky. 



1946. Helvella sulcata. Afz. " Sulcate Helvella." 



Pileus deflexed, lobed, adnate ; stem stuffed, equal, sulcate ; 

 spores broadly elliptic. — Afz. 1. 10,/. 1. Fr. S.M. ii.p. 15. Batt. 

 t. 3,/. B. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. 1866, no. 764, 1152. 



On the ground. Oct. Bowood. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Spores very broadly elliptic, with a single large globose nucleus ("0006- 

 '0007 in.) 'OlS-'OiZ m.m. long. Solitary, rarely gregarious, smooth. Stem 

 2 in. long, 4-5 lines thick, attenuated upwards, longitudinally sulcate; 

 pileus deflexed, equally 2-3 lobed, even, compressed, darker when dry. — 

 B.<ljBr. 



