Ohio Mycological Bulletin No. 2. 



Professor Morgan writes as follows in the Journal of Mycology, 

 8 :49-50, June 190-i : "With plentiful showers in the springtime the 

 Morels grow abundantly in my vicinity. I have observed them critically 

 for many years and have taken much pains to recognize as many as 

 possible of the species that have been described. I invariably arrive at 

 the same conclusion : that there are but two species. In the same spots 

 the species vary much in form, size and color from year to year in accord- 

 ance with the difference in warmth, sunshine and shower 



"My bundles of specimens gathered in different years bear a variety 

 of labels as I look them over, but they are all assembled in my mind under 

 two names : The first is Morchella esculenta, the second Morhella 

 PATULA ; in the first the pileus is wholly adnate to the apex of the stipe; 

 in the second the lower part of the pileus is separate from the stipe." 



As to cooking, my best adviser says ; "Cook in the various ways in 

 which you cook oysters." 





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11. Mor-chel'-la con'-i-ca or Conical Mo-rel'. Edible. From Atkinson's 

 Mushrootnii Edible and Voiaouona. (Figure copyright.) 



