THE 
JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 
MORCHELLA CRASSIPES, Pers, A NEW BRITISH 
m EL. 
By W. G. Smita, Esq. 
(Puates LXXII. AND LXXIV.) 
Those who believe that our flora is so well known that none but 
mieroscopie speeies remain to be discovered will be surprised at the 
magnifieent Morel of which we give a figure, and which is entirely 
new to Britain. It was first found in a hedgerow near Kingskers- 
well, South Devon, by Miss Lott, of Barton Hall, at the end of last 
April; the first specimens were sent on to me for identification, and it 
has since been found elsewhere. 
The proportions it attains can be well seen in our figure, and, when 
well grown, is one of the finest Fungi of our flora; the spores are 
oval, yellow, and depressed, having a length of -0007—0008 in., and a 
breadth of -00032—00042 in. ‘The substance of the flesh is not so 
firm as that of our common Morel (Morchella esculenta, Pers.), and is 
not so readily dried; it becomes moist, and is apt to decompose. It 
is, however, excellent for the table, and with a little pains may be 
readily dried for winter use. 
Streinz, in his ‘ Nomenclator Fungorum, has referred Morchella 
crassipes, Pers., to M. semilibera, DC., but that is evidently an error, 
for Persoon’s description is exactly the same with that of Ventenat and 
De Candolle. 
VOL. Vi. [JANUARY 1, 1868.] B 
