Genus Morchella 



GENUS GYROMITRA 



The genus Gyromitra contains seven species. These have the 

 ascomata distinctly stalked, and the upper surface covered with 

 gyrose folds. The largest spore-sac fungi belong in this genus. 



Gyromitra esculenta (Dangerous) 



Cap Bay red, round, lobed, irregular, 



gyrose-wrinkled, attached to the 



stem in several places. Hollow, 



white, and uneven within. 

 Stem Whitish, hollow, scurfy. Two or 



more inches long. 

 Flesh Edible only when young and 



freshly gathered. 

 Habitat In sandy soil, during the wet 



weather of May and June. 

 This species is on Peck's List of Edible 

 Mushrooms, but it is also on the U. S. 

 Dep't. of Agriculture List of Poisonous or Suspected Mushrooms. 



G. esculenta 



M. deliciosa 



Section to show margin of the 

 cap united to the stem. 



GENUS MORCHELLA 



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The genus Morchella has the 

 cap covered with a network of blunt 

 ridges enclosing irregular depressed 

 spaces. The spore-sacs are devel- 

 oped in both ridges and depressions. 

 All the species when young are 

 of a buff yellow tinged 

 with brown, but later 

 they are darker. The 

 stems are rather stout 

 and hollow, white or 

 whitish in some spe- 

 cies, and attached to 

 the cap at the apex 

 only; but in others, 

 attached to the rim 

 as well. All the species M. esculenta 

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