. 240 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Gill. Champ. P>. Discom. pi. 16, f. 1; Krombh. Abbild. pi. 16, 

 f. 7-12. 



The species is regarded by many as only a form of M. esculenta. 



4. Morchella deliciosa Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 8. 1822. 



Morchella conica deliciosa Phill. Brit. Discom. 5. 1887. 

 Phalloboletus deliciosiis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 865. 1891. 



Pileus conic or subconic, reaching a length of 2-3 cm. and 

 a diameter of 1-1.5 cm.; pits usually elongated, cinereous to 

 blackish within; ribs inclined to be longitudinally disposed, 

 irregularly anastomosing, the edges rounded and about 1 mm. 

 thick, much lighter than the interior of the pits, whitish; stem 

 half to two-thirds as thick as the base of the pileus, often enlarged 

 at the base and irregularly lacunose, lighter than the pileus, 

 whitish or yellowish; asci cylindric or subcylindric, reaching a 

 length of about 200 m and a diameter of 12-15 m; spores 1-seriate, 

 ellipsoid, hyaline, yellowish in mass, 10X20/x; paraphyses 

 enlarged at their apices and slightly colored. 



On the ground in grassy places, usually in the edges of 

 wooded places. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New York to Pennsylvania, Iowa and Colo- 

 rado; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 10: 441, /. 1; 

 Cooke, Mycographia pi. 84, f. 320; Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 

 pi. 15; Massee, Brit. Fungus-Fl. 4: 188,/. 31; Bull. Lab. Nat. 

 Hist. State Univ. Iowa 6: pi. 2, f. 2; Krombh. Abbild. pi. 16, 

 f. 17-19. 



5. Morchella angusticeps Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 32: 



44. 1879. 



? Morchella elata Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 8. 1822. 

 ?Morilla elata Quel. Ench. Fung. 271. 1886. 

 ?Phalloboletus elatus Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 865. 1891. 

 Phalloboletus angusticeps Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 865. 1891. 



Pileus elongated, subobtuse or narrowly conic and acute at 

 the apex, reaching a length of 2-5 cm. and about half as broad 

 at the base; pits elongated, reaching a length of 5-10 mm. and 

 about half as broad, yellowish within, becoming smoky-brown 

 at the margins; ribs inclined to be longitudinally disposed, 

 irregularly anastomosing, usually less than 1 mm. thick and 

 often almost sharp-edged, black at the extreme edge, lighter 



