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Morchella crassipes P. Brockley Combe, May, 1879. C. 
Bucknall. Fungi of the Bristol district. In the Proceed- 
ings of the Bristol Naturalists’ Society. Vol. iii., p. 7. 
Morchella esculenta P.  Batheaston, Hartham, &c., in 
meadows, Spring. This species is much used in cooking to 
flavour soups, &e. . 
semilibera Dc. Batheaston. This species was 
MO 
very abundant in April, 1871, on dead leaves, &c., and 
among grass, but has not occurred since; it haa a very 
disagreeable odour. 
M conica Kromb. In the grounds of Blaize Castle, 
near. Bristol. =f 
GENUS 258. HELVELLA.* L. 
Helvella crispa Fr. Not uncommon under beech trees ; 
Batheaston and other places. 
HH lacunosa Afz. In woods; Box and other places not 
uncommon. 
% H suleata Lév. Bowood, October, 1863, 
H elastica Bull. Bowood, Wilts, September, 1872; in 
“woods. 
ephippium Lév. Batheaston, Leigh Woods, &e. ; 
in woods. 
H 
GENUS 259. vVERPA.t Swartz. 
Receptacle clavato-pileate, hollow below and inflated, or conical 
and depressed, equally deflexed all round ; hymenium rugulose, 
but not costate, or nearly even. 
Verpa digitaliformis P. Batheaston, 28th April, 1867. Rev. 
T. P. Rogers. This species was very abundant at Batheaston 
and the neighbourhood in April and May, 1871, but has not 
been observed since ; it generally occurs under walls, among 
shrubs, &c., in grassy, waste places. 
* The Latin name of some fungus. 
+ The Verpa was a symbol used in the idolatrous worship of Bacchus. 
