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Figure 11. The Narrow-cap Morel (Murchella angustioeps). Natural size.— (Original.) 



nected at intervals by smaller ridges and forming long, narrow pits. * The 

 pileus which possesses a brownish drab color, is wholly attached to the 

 stem, thus having no free margin. The typical Narrow-cap Morel has a 

 stem which is nearly as large as the cap in diameter and varying much 

 in length, while in the true type of the Conical Morel it is considerably 

 narrower than the cap. Both have whitish hollow stems which are often 

 scurfy on the outside. They sometimes occur in orchards, but are apt to 

 be found in the vicinity of black ash trees, in low woods and along their 

 margins. They often appear early in April, even before frosts have 

 ceased. 



