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SYNOPSIS DISCOMYCETUM. 

 Order I. HELVELLACEI Fr. 



Uen. 1. MORCHELLA Dill. 



1. MorchelLa escnlenta Fr. Oa the ground. Ohio (Lea) ; N. Y. (Peck) ; 



N. Eng. (Sprague). 

 var. CONICA P. Rhode Isl. (Berk.) ; Ohio (Lea); Penns. (Coultas). 



2. Morchella elata Fr. On tlie ground. N. Eng. (Sprague). 



3. Morchella foramiuulosa Schwz. On the ground. Car. (Sch.). 



Gen. 2. GYROMITRA Fr. 



1. Gyromitra esculenta Fr. On the ground. Car. (Rav.); N. Eng. 



(Sprague); Maine (E. C. Bolles); Ohio (Lea); N. Y. (Schw.). 



2. Gyromitra Caroliuiana(«S('7ac2.). Earth in woods. Car. (Schw.); Mass, 



(Brit. Mus.). 



Uen. 3. HELYELLA Fr. 



1. Helvella crispa Fr. In pine woods. Car. (Curtis) ; N. Eng. (Sprague) ; 



N. Y. (C. E. Peck). 



2. Helvella lacuuosa ^/2. On the ground. Car. (Curtis); Alabama (Curt.). 



3. Helvella sulcata Afz. In shady woods. Car. (Curtis) ; N. Y. (Peck). 

 var. PALLESCENS Schceff. N. Y. (W. R. Gerard). 



4. Helvella iiifula Fr. On the ground. Car. (Schw.) : N. Y. (Peck). 



5. Helvella mouachella Fr. On the earth. N. Eng. (Sprague). 



(). Helvella costata Schicz. In sandy ground. Car. (Schw. ; Curt.). 



7. Helvalla atra Kdnir/. On soil. Car. (Ravenel). 



8. Helvella elastica BuU. On the ground. N. Y. (Peck). 



{). Helvella ephippiuiu ie«. About trunks. Car. (Curt.) ; N. Eng. (Frost) ; 

 Virg. (Curt.). 



Gen. 4. MITRULA Fr. 



1. Mitrnla palndosa Fr. In swamps. Alabama (Beaumont) ; Car. (Curt.) ; 



N. Y. (Peck); N. Jersey (Ellis). 



2. Mitrula lutescens Berk. In damp places. Yellow, somewhat viscid, 



stem solid, squamose, sporidia oblong, slightly curved, 5-nucleate 

 (.035 m. m.). Car. (B. & C). 



3. Mitrula inflata Schwz. (Schwz.) 



4. Mitrula crispata Fr. N. Eng. (Sprague). 



5. Mitrula exlgua Fr. On dejected stems. Car. (Schwz.). 



ii, Mitrula elegans Berk. Clubs small, obovate, stem very long. United 

 States (Green). 



