EDIBLE FUNGI. 



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Garden Market. The genus Morchella comprises very 

 few species, acd they are all good to eat. Persoon 

 remarks, that though the Morel rarely appears in a 

 sandy soil, preferring a calcareous or argillaceous ground, 

 it frequently springs up on sites where charcoal has been 

 burnt, or where cinders have been thrown. 



Fig. 37. Morchella esculenta (the Morel). Woods, <Src., in the spring; 

 colour pale buff; height, 3 to 5 inches. 



Pileus very various in shape and hue, the surface 

 broken-up into very little cells, made by folds or plaits 

 of the hyniehiuin, which are more or less salient, and 

 constitute the so-called ribs. These ribs are very irre- 

 gular, and anastomose with each other throughout ; the 



