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7. M. semilibera, D.C. (p. 358). 



243. GYROMITRA, Fr. (p. 358). 



1. G. esculenta, Fr. (p. 353). Audley End. 



2, G. gig as, Kromb. ; pileus large, lobed, undulato- 

 plicate or curled, pallid, whitish or ochraceous ; lobes sub- 

 adnate to the stem, adpressed, somewhat undulating ; stem 

 thick, cellular, waxy, whitish, externally lacunose, sub- 

 glabrous. Kromb.^ t.20,f. 1-5. 



On the ground. Esculent. 



244. HELVELLA, L. (p. 358). 

 A. >Stem stout, sulcate. 



1. H. crispa, Fr. (p. 359). Epping Forest. 



2. H. lacunosa, Afz. (p. 359). Epping Forest. 



3. H. sulcata, Afz. ; pileus deflexed, 2-3 lobed, adnate ; 

 stem stuffed, furrowed with equal ribs 2 in. long. — Pat., 

 f. 272. 



Kew. 



4. H. subcostata, Cke. ; pileus deflexed, free, sublobate, 

 even, under side paler, ribbed and veined ; stem equal, 

 longitudinally ribbed. 



Pileus 2^ in. broad ; stem 2i in. long ; under side of 

 pileus free from stem, with branching ribs. 

 Glamis. 



B. Stem stout, nearly even. 



5. H. infula, Schcpff. ; pileus lobate, deflexed, even ; 

 margin adhering very closely to stem, at length undulate, 

 subcinnamoneous ; stem enlarged upwards, stuffed, then 

 hollow, smooth, often here and there irregularly lacunose, 

 pallid, slightly villous. — Schoeff.^ t. 159. 



