Leotia.] FUNGI. 185 



lens clothed v\it!i fine a(]|)re.ssed flocci the rupture of which gives rise 

 to the spots which are, in point of fact, minute scales. In the full- 

 grown phint the pileus is f of an inch high, can)panu4ate, digitaliform 

 or subglobose, more or less closely pressed to the stem, but always 

 free, the edge sometimes inflexed so as to form a white border, wrinkled, 

 but not reticidated, sometimes iiowever so much so, as to assume t!)e 

 aspect of a Morchella, attached only at the very apex, and, occasionally, 

 when eaten ofi" at the [)oint of union by woodlice, falling dow n to the 

 base of the stem and surrounding it like a ring ; undor-side slightly 

 pubescent ; sporidia yellowish, elliptic. Stem 3 inches high, ^ an inch 

 or more thick, slightly attenuated downwards, loosely stuffed, by no 

 means hollow as in MorchcUa se.miUhcra. This is certainly the true 



Verpa rUfjitullfonids, of which l^ersoon has given a very characteristic 

 figure, though criticized by M. Corda. The plant of the latter author 

 appears to be a variety with a smooth white stem and dark [)ileus. 



Verpa KromhhoKzii differs in no respect from this, exce[)t in the 

 absence of scales. 



2. V. conica, Sw. (^yellow-stemmed Verpa) ; pileus canipanulate 

 nearly even brown, margin somewhat wavy, yellow beneatli as 

 well as the equal stem. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. ^lA. — Phallua 

 conicus, FL Dan. L 654. — Leolia conica., Pers. Syn. p. G13. 



Corda, I, c. t. 11. — b. "Pileus yellow-rufous, striate, conic; 

 stem liollow cylindrical, yellow." Helvella Relliard, Felli. Fd. 3. 

 p. 551. Wilh. V. 4. p. 298. Soiv. t. II. 

 Heaths ; Gogmagog Hills, Camb. Rel/tan. 



25. Leotia. Hdl. Leotia. 

 Receptacle capitato-pileate ; margin revolutc, bearing asci 

 beneatli as well as above. — The origin of the name is uncertain, 

 perhaps from '/.ii(jrr,c, siiiootJmess. 



1. L. infvudlbulifvrmis, SchfefF. (large Leotia) ; ])ileus de- 

 pressed livid-cinereous even above and below, stem stuffed 

 smooth. Fr. Ols. 2. p. 299. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 'J6.—Ntlv. 

 infujidibuliformisy Schaff. t. ''Ill . /Sow. t. 153. 



On the ground, amongst grass. Kensington gardens, Oct. Sowerhy. 

 — " Stoii '2—3 inches high, \ an inch or more thick, round, nfariy 

 equal, sometimes incrassated upwards, cinereous, white within. Pdens 

 nearly regular, convex when young, then depressed, \\ — 2 inches 

 broad, even, sniooth, subfuliginous ; margin inlkxcd." Pr. I. c. A 

 very;donl)tful Leotia. IVoni Sowerby's fuMue 1 should judge that»the ////- 

 mr.nium was entirely confined to the uiulcrside of the pileus, and if ."!>, 

 it nuist be more nearly allied to Cant/turtUus. 1 can find no specimen 

 in his collection. 



2. L.muia, M'ith. (dwarf Leotia) ; small, pileus lobed rugose 

 wliite even beneath and brown, stem stuffed cylindrical while. 

 Fr. Syst. Myc. r. 2. p. 28. JVt/i. v. 4. p. 290. 



Amongst moss, on a shady bank. IVndarvis, Cornw. jMr. Sfu( k- 

 ftousr. — '* Pilius snowy white, leathery, hard, crumpled and dcHcctcJ 

 in various forms ; smooth ami brown underneath, about ^^^ ot an incU 



