154 CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



4. C. rugosa, white, rugose or uneven, thickened upwards, sim- 

 ple or somewhat divided GREV. Fl. Edin. 413. GREV. Crypt. 

 Fl. t. 328. C. elegans, BOLT. Fung. t. 115. C. coralloides, Sow. 

 Fung. t. 278, lower figures. 



Hob. Shaded woods. Blackadder plantations, abundant. 



Gregarious or solitary, from 1 to 4 inches high, solid. " The 

 taste is agreeable, resembling that of the common mush- 

 room." SOWERBY. 



* * Branched. 



5. C. pratensis, yellow, much branched ; branches dichotomous, 

 crowded, fastigiate, with obtuse simple or bifid apices : height 1 

 or I J inch. GREV. Fl. Edin. 412. C. fastigiata, LIGHTF. Scot. 

 1061. HOOK. Scot. ii. 29. WITH. iv. 402. RAII, Syn. t. 24. f. 5. 



Hab. Mossy pastures in autumn, common. 



6. C. coralloides, white, erect ; stipes thick ; branches elongated, 

 irregular, unequal, mostly acute. GREV. Fl. Edin. 412. Sow. 

 Fung. t. 278, upper fig. HOOK. Scot, ii. 29. 



Hab. Thickly wooded deans in autumn, not common. 



7. C. cristata, white or cinereous, tufted, branched, smooth ; 

 branches dilated at the summit and jagged, or shortly but acutely 

 laciniate : 1-2 inches high ; polymorphous GREV. Fl. Edin. 413. 

 Crypt. Fl. t. 190. 



Hab. Mossy pastures. On the Lammermuirs above Lang- 

 ton. 



85. LEOTIA. 



1. L. lubrica, stalk cylindrical, slightly tapered upwards, viscid, 

 rough, yellow, crowned with an irregularly lobed olivaceous 

 smooth cap. GREV. Crypt. Fl t. 56. Fl. Edin. 417. Helvella 

 gelatinosa, WITH. iv. 374. Sow. Fung. t. 70. 



Hab. In woods, either solitary or in small tufts. Black- 

 adder plantations. Plantation front of Scot's-Spittal- 

 house. Aut. 



The stalk is as thick as a goose-quill, and occasionally 3 

 inches in height. The outer coat is gelatinous, and can be 



