Conical morel in its ordinarily smaller size, its narrowly conical 
and more acutely pointed cap, which is scarcely broader at its 
base than the stem which 
supports it, and in the small- 
er pits of the cap. The 
seeming disproportion be- 
tween the diameter of the 
stem and its cap gives a kind 
of deformity to the appear- 
ance of the plant, which lack 
of symmetry is sometimes 
increased by the cap’s being 
strongly curved. The plant 
is generally but two to three 
inches high, but sometimes 
specimens have been found 
five or six inches high. 
The Delicious morel, M. 
deliciosa, is easily known 
by its long, narrow cap, 
which is blunt at the top, 
and therefore oblong or cyl- 
indrical in shape. Occasion: 
ally, it is a little more nar- 
row in its upper half, but 
even then it is not as sharply 
pointed as in the Narrow- 
cap morel, nor is the dispro- 
portion between the diame- 
ter of the cap and the stem 
so great. As in that species, 
the pits in the surface of the 
cap are small and narrow, 
and usually longer than 
broad. It also is generally 
but two or three inches high. In this part of the couniry it is 
less common than either of the preceding species. 
The Half-free morel, M. semalibera (by some called the Hy- 
brid morel, Af. hybrida), and the Two-spored morel, M. bispora, 
are of such rare occurrence that it is scarcely worth while to give 
here a detailed description of them. Their essential characters 
can be learned from the analytical table. 
Some writers speak highly of the edible qualities of morels; 
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Morchella conica, full size. 
