462 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



pileiis, which ladiaAe from the stem. Tips of paraphyees 

 brown. 



Type specimen examined. 



Helvella guepinioides. Berk. & Cooke, in Herb. Berk., 

 Cke., Mycogr., fig. 337 ; Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 15 ; Gillet, Disc. 

 Fr., p. 12, fig. 12 ; Sacc, Syll., viii. n. 65. 



Pileus nearly entire, strongly drooping on opposite sides 

 and deeply depressed at the centre, margin usually slightly 

 wavy, free from the sides of the stem, oohraceous, paler, 

 smooth and almost glabrous below, 2-4 cm. across ; stem, 

 4-8 cm. high, up to 1 cm. across, nearly equal and even, 

 hollow, almost glabrous, white or with a more or less decided 

 tinge of yellow, sometimes with an indication of becoming 

 lacunose ; asci cylindrical, apex somewhat truncate, 8-spored ; 

 spores smooth, continuous, hyaline, elliptical, ends obtuse, 

 18-20 X 10-11 /x; paraphyses septate, tips clavate. 



On the ground. 



Distinguished from B. monaehella by the pileus being free 

 from the sides of the stem, and from H. infula by the stem 

 being hollow from the first, and glabrous. 



Type specimen examined. 



Helvella Klotzschiana. Corda, in Sturm's PI. 

 Deutschl., vol. iii. pi. 57; Cooke, Mycogr., fig. 168; Phil., 

 Brit. Disc, p. 18 ; Sacc, Syll., viii. n. 78. , 



Pileus formed of two drooping lobes, more or less depressed 

 at the centre, thin, even, opaque brown, margin generally 

 wavy, even and pale yellow underneath, l'6-2 cm. broad; 

 stem cylindrical or slightly thickened at the extreme base, 

 2-3 cm. long, even, pale yellow, nearly glabrous, inside 

 white ; asci cylindrical, apex somewhat truncate, 8-spored ; 

 spores obliquely 1 -seriate, hyaline, smooth, continuous, ellipti- 

 cal, 11-13 X 5-6 II.; paraphyt-e.s slender, the clavate tips 

 brown. 



On the ground. 



Known by the yellowish colour of the under side of the, 

 pileus and stem. 



A Welsh specimen determined by Berkeley accepted as 

 typical. 



Helvella bulbosa. Mass. 

 Ascophore stipitate, globose and closed at first, then ex- 



