490 



MUSHROOMS. EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Figure 413 were collected in 

 Michigan, and photographed 

 by Prof. B. O. Longyear. 

 They appear very early in 

 the spring, even while we 

 are still having frosts. 



Figure 413. Morchella angusticeps. 



Morchella scinilibera. D. C. 



The Hybrid Morel. 

 Edible. 



Semilibera means half 

 free, and it is so called be- 

 cause the cap is bell-shaped 

 and the lower half is free 

 from the stem. The cap is 

 rarely more than one inch 

 long, and is usually much 

 shorter than the stem, as is 

 indicated in Figure 414. 

 The pits on the cap are 

 longer than broad. The 

 stem is white or whitish 

 and somewhat mealy or 

 scurvy, hollow, and often 

 swollen at the base. I found 



the specimens in Figure 414 about the last of May under elm trees, in James 

 Dunlap's woods. They are quite plentiful there. I do not detect any difference 

 in the flavor of these and other species. 



Morchella bispora. Sor. 

 The Two-Spored Morel. Edible. 



Bispora, two-spored, differs from the other species in the fact that the 

 cap is free from the stem quite to the top. The distinguishing character- 

 istic which gives name to the species, can be seen only by the aid of a 

 strong microscope. In this species there are only two spores in each ascus or 

 sac, and these are much larger than in the other species, which have eight spores 



